The flow rate of the gas pump at Bob's Gas Station is 2 3 of a gallon in 1 9 of a minute. Compute the unit rate from the complex fraction 2 3 1 9 gallons per minute?

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Sovanlandy · Answer 1 · 2020-08-02T05:18:22+0000

Answer: Unit rate would be 6 gallons per minute.

Explanation:

Since we have given that

Part of gallon =
(2)/(3)

Time taken of a minute =
(1)/(9)

We need to find the unit rate from the complex fraction i.e.

((2)/(3))/((1)/(9)) gallons per minute

So, it becomes,

$(2)/(3)/ (1)/(9)\\\\=(2)/(3)* (9)/(1)\\\\=2* 3\\\\=6\ gallons/minute$

Hence, unit rate would be 6 gallons per minute.