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Give me an example of a unit rate used in a real world sutuation

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A unit rate simply means how many of one type of units you get per 1 other type of unit.
Examples of that:

300(l)/( s )

This is rate of fluid flow of some pump for example. It pumps 300 liters every second.

Other example:

50 (km)/(h)
This is example for speed. Somebody is moving at 50 kilometers per hour (every hour he travels 50 kilometers)
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