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During a storm 1/4 inch of snow falls in 1/2 an hour what is the unit rate of snowfalls per.hour

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4 votes
Answer:

= 0.166667 Inch per hour

Work:

This is a fraction equal to
0.25 Inch ÷ 1.5 hours

We want a unit rate where
1 is in the denominator,
so we divide top and bottom by 1.5

0.25 Inch ÷ 1.5
=____________
1.5 hours ÷ 1.5

0.166667 Inch
=__________
1 hour

0.166667 Inch
=___________
hour

= 0.166667 Inch per hour

User DerZyklop
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1/2 inch per hour

hope this helps!
User Joel Rummel
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