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At the movies, Jill and Carly each buy abox of gummy candy. Carly eats 3 gummiesevery 15 minutes during the movie. Thenumber of gummies Jill has left based on theamount of time is shown in the graph below.mileat.

At the movies, Jill and Carly each buy abox of gummy candy. Carly eats 3 gummiesevery-example-1
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The rate of eating gummies for Carly is:


(3gummy)/(15\min)=(1gummy)/(5\min )

In the graph we can see the rate of Jill, she started with 20 gummies, and after 30 minutes she had 16 gummies left. It means she ate 20-16=4 gummies in 30 minutes, thus the Jill's rate is:


(4gummies)/(30\min)=(2gummies)/(15\min )

If we compare both rates, in 15 minutes Carly ate 3 gummies and Jill ate 2 gummies, so, Carly is eating the gummies at a faster rate than Jill.

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