Question

What is the unit rate of 40 meters in 16 seconds?

Answer 1

The unit rate us 2.5 meters each second to do this you could find the unit rate

Answer 2

40 meters in 60 seconds could be expressed as


`(40 meters)/(16 seconds)`

So, in order to get the unit rate, we divide the numerator and denominator by 16.


`(40)/(16) \\ (40/16)/(16/16) \\ (2.5)/(1) \\ (2.5 meters)/(1 second)`

So, the unit rate is 2.5 meters per second (or every one second)