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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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d=rt
r=d/t
r=(1/8) / (1/16)=(1/8)(16/1)=2
r=2

User Matt Bart
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If you would like to know the unit rate, you can calculate this using the following steps:

1/8 of a mile ... 1/16 of an hour
x miles = ? ...1 hour

1/8 * 1 = 1/16 * x
1/8 = 1/16 * x /*16
x = 1/8 * 16
x = 2 miles

The correct result would be 2 miles.
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