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You go for a half day hike. In 4 hours, you hike 10 miles. Which is a unit rate that describes your journey? A- 5 miles per hour B- 2.5 miles per hour C- 4/10 (<--fraction) miles per hour D- 10 miles per hour <--- mum thinks this is 'answer' >,< -(???)

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Answer: B is reasonable

Step-by-step explanation: In 4 hours, you hike 10 miles. Divide 10 miles by 4 hours to get miles per hour, which is what you want to solve for in this problem. 10 divided by 4 is 2.5, which means you can hike 1 mile in 2.5 hours.

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