Question

Jason warched a caterpilar move 10 feet per 2 minutes.Jason says that the catrpilar's unit rate is 0.2 feet per minute. Isjason correct

Answer 1

Jason is incorrect, the caterpillar moved at a speed of 5 ft/minute

Explanation:

The caterpillar moved 10 feet over the span of 2 minutes.

We can write this as the proportion

10ft / 2 min

This can be reduced to

5ft / 1 minute

Giving us the caterpillar's speed of 5 ft per minute.

0.2 ft/min ≠ 5 ft/min

Therefore, Jason is incorrect.