Express the following rate as a unit rate. RATE: 30 m for 40 minutes

Question

Express the following rate as a unit rate. If necessary, round your answer to the nearest tenth. You would enter an answer like 13.8 feet/second with 13.8 in the first box and the units feet and second in the following boxes.

RATE: 30 m for 40 minutes

Answer 1

Hello Amy,

For unit rate, you would DIVIDE the first number by the second number.

Therefore: 30/40 = 3/4 = 0.75

The units for 0.75 would be m/min, or meters per minute

---> Unit rate: 0.75 meters per minute