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A runner runs 8 miles in 92 minutes. What is the runners unit rate?

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The runners unit rate is in miles per hour, or miles per minute.92 minutes = 1.53 h8 mi : 1.53 h = 5.22 mi / hour5.22 mi / h : 60 = 0.087 mi/minAnswer: 5.22 mi/h or 0.087 mi/min

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For this case, what we must do is calculate the speed of the runner.

We have then that the speed is given by:


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Where,

d: distance

t: time

Substituting values we have:


v = (8)/(92)


V = 0.09 (miles)/(minutes)

Answer:

the runners unit rate is:


V = 0.09 (miles)/(minutes)

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