then 2*12 makes sense.
Is this how official question was framed, then i will have to be alert for such wordings
Official Solution: Bunuel
For Christmas, a family decorated their home with Christmas lights. They installed two types of lights: string lights and icicle lights. During Christmas Day: • Each string light has a power of 0.6 watts and runs for 10 hours.
• Each icicle light has a power of 2 watts and runs for 12 hours.
• The family uses 250 string lights and 20 icicle lights.
• The total electricity rate is $0.18 per kilowatt-hour (1 kilowatt = 1000 watts).
Based on the information provided, select for
Energy the total energy consumption (in kilowatt-hours) of all icicle lights over their full 12-hour runtime on Christmas Day and select for
Cost the total electricity cost (in dollars) of running all string lights for their full 10-hour runtime on Christmas Day.
Energy (icicle lights): Each icicle light: 2 * 12 = 24 watt-hours = 0.024 kWh
20 icicle lights: 20 * 0.024 = 0.48 kWh
Cost (string lights): Each string light: 0.6 * 10 = 6 watt-hours = 0.006 kWh
250 string lights: 250 * 0.006 = 1.5 kWh
Cost: 1.5 * 0.18 = 0.27 dollars
Correct answer: Energy
"0.48"Cost
"0.27"