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Jason watched a caterpillar move 10 feet in 2 minutes. Jason says that the caterpillar's unit rate is 0.2 feet per minute. Is Jason correct?
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Jason watched a caterpillar move 10 feet in 2 minutes. Jason says that the caterpillar's unit rate is 0.2 feet per minute. Is Jason correct?

User Houda
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The answer is 25 centimeters.

User Niel De Wet
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No. To get the right answer you would need to get it to how many feet it moves per minute. So you would need to divide them both by 2.
2 divided by 2 is 1
10 divided by 2 is 5
So the caterpillar is moving at 5 feet per minute.
I hope that helps! :)
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