Question

Nigel paints 5/4 square yards in 1/3 hour. find the unit rate.

Answer 1

15/4 yds^2 per hour

or

3 3/4 yds^2 per hour

Explanation:

To find the unit rate, we take the square yards and divide by the hours

5/4 ÷ 1/3

Use copy dot flip

5/4 * 3/1

15/4

15/4 yds^2 per hour

or changing to a mixed number

3 3/4 yds^2 per hour

Answer 2

`3 (3)/(4)`

Explanation:

To find the unit rate, the only thing you need to do to find the unit rate is to divide the two values we have. In this case, the two values represent the square yards and the speed in which the action is done.

`(5)/(4) : (1)/(2) = (5)/(4) * (3)/(1) = (15)/(4) = 3 (3)/(4)`

Hope it helped,

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