Exercise 3 Page 44

A rate is a special type of ratio that compares quantities with different kinds of units. A unit rate is a rate that has been reduced to have a denominator of 1 unit.

30 yards per minute

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A rate is a special type of ratio that compares quantities with different kinds of units. A unit rate is a rate that has been reduced to have a denominator of 1 unit. We are given the following rate. 750yardsin 25minutes Let's write this rate as a fraction. 750yards/25minutes To find the unit rate, we need to write an equivalent rate with a denominator of 1 minute. Let's ignore the units for simplicity.

750/25

ReduceFrac

a/b=.a / 25./.b / 25.

750/ 25/25/ 25

CalcQuot

Calculate quotient

30/25/25

QuotOne

a/a=1

30/1

Finally, we got the unit rate. 750yards/25minutes = 30yards/1minute The unit rate is 30 yards per minute.