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What should the following rate be divided by to convert it to a unit rate?

6 inches
12 hours

What should the following rate be divided by to convert it to a unit rate? 6 inches-example-1
User Wende
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Answer:

so if all of the awnsers are whole numbers it is going to be 12/12

Explanation:

User Ccoakley
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Answer:

12

Explanation:

Unit rate is a rate that has 1 as denominator.

Given the rate: 6 inches / 12 hours, we have to divide numerator and denominator by 12 to transform the denominator in 1, as follows:


(6)/(12) = (6/12)/(12/12) = 0.5 inches/hour

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