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Aiden walked 1/8 of a mile in 1/16 of an hour. Compute the unit rate as the complex fraction.

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1/8 of a miles in 1/16 of a hour

Multiply both fractions by 16, and you get:

1/8 x 16 of a mile in 1/16 x 16 of a hour

Simplifying that we get:

2 miles in 1 hour
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1/8 mile in 1/16 hour

that is the same rate as

2 miles in 1 hour
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