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Find the unit rate.

jacob walks 3 1/2 miles in 1 3/4 hours
how many miles jacob can walk per hour

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Convert both fractions into pure fractions so 3 1/2 becomes 7/2 and 1 3/4 becomes 7/4 now divide 7/2 by 7/4 which is 2. So jacob can walk 2 miles per hour
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