How can I find the unit rate with all the numbers placed differently

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asked Jun 14, 2023 192k views

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Andy Harvey · Answer 1 · 2023-06-21T05:53:57+0000

SOLUTION

To get the unit rate here, you can just pick any two points and get the slope. The slope becomes the unit rate.

Let's pick the points (0.2, 1.5) and (0.7, 5)

The slope becomes

$\begin{gathered} m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1) \\ m\text{ = slope and } \\ x_1=0.2,y_1=1.5,x_2=0.7,y_2=5 \end{gathered}$

slope becomes

$\begin{gathered} m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x_1) \\ m=\frac{5-1.5_{}}{0.7_{}-0.2_{}} \\ m=(3.5)/(0.5) \\ m=7 \end{gathered}$

Hence, the unit rate = 7.0