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CSS 562 WEEK 3 INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT 

Individual: Home Utility Auditing Program

Read the "Guidance to Completing Week Three Individual Assignment" document.
Write a Javaâ„¢ GUI application using NetBeansâ„¢ Integrated Development Environment (IDE) that does home utility auditing.
The user should be able to:
•	Enter the cost per kilowatt-hour.
•	Select from a list of 5- to 7-home appliances which includes a washer, among other appliances.
•	Enter the power needed in kilowatts (kW) for the selected appliance.
•	Enter the number of hours used per day for the selected appliance.
•	If the washer is selected, enter both the number of gallons of water used by the washer per hour and the cost per gallon.
The program should:
•	Validate that the data entered has the correct format, and is within a reasonable range.
•	Calculate and display the cost for operating a home appliance as soon as the data is entered.
•	Create a listing area to display each of the following for each appliance entered:
o	Home Appliance
o	Number of hours per day
o	Cost
o	Display and update the total cost of all appliances, as soon as a new entry is added to the listing area.
The Javaâ„¢ application should meet these technical requirements:
•	The application should have at least one class, in addition to the application's controlling class (a controlling class is where the main function resides).
•	There should be proper documentation in the source code.
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