Question

The unit rate of 297 words for 5.5 minutes

Answer 1

for unit rate, we want to figure out how many words in 1 minute, so we divide 297 by 5.5 to get
54 words per minute

Answer 2

The unit rate of 297 words for 5.5 minutes is, 54 words per minutes.

Explanation:

Unit rate defined as when rates are expressed as a quantity of 1, such as 5 feet per second or 6 miles per hour, then they are called unit rates

Given: 297 words for 5.5 minutes.

The ratio of words per minutes is:

`(297 words)/(5.5 minutes)`

By dividing the numerator and denominator by 5.5.

i.e

`((297)/(5.5))/((5.5)/(5.5)) =(54 words)/(1 minutes)`

Therefore, unit rate is 54 words per minutes.