Question 98
Task 2
Work in groups for this task.
Around the year 1870, some cities had the first electricity supplies.
People in 1870 also had to pay for electricity. The amount they had to pay depended on the number of electric lamps they had.
Someone who had four lamps would pay double what someone who had two lamps paid.
This method of payment was called the pay-per-lamp method.
In 1870, there was no technology to measure the quantity of electricity that was actually used.
Today, the amount people pay depends on the current they use and the time the current is flowing.
In your groups, discuss answers to these questions.
Would a pay-per-lamp method be fair today?
Explain your answer.
Work in groups for this task.
Around the year 1870, some cities had the first electricity supplies.
People in 1870 also had to pay for electricity. The amount they had to pay depended on the number of electric lamps they had.
Someone who had four lamps would pay double what someone who had two lamps paid.
This method of payment was called the pay-per-lamp method.
In 1870, there was no technology to measure the quantity of electricity that was actually used.
Today, the amount people pay depends on the current they use and the time the current is flowing.
In your groups, discuss answers to these questions.
Would a pay-per-lamp method be fair today?
Explain your answer.
