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Susanna walked 2/7 of a mile in two over five of an hour what is a unit rate in miles per hour

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Explanation:

2/7 miles in 2/5 hours.

to bring this to x miles / 1 hour, we must find the factor for 2/5 to turn into 1.

2/5 × f = 1

f = 5/2

in order to keep the value of the original ratio, we now need to multiply also 2/7 by the same factor (5/2).

2/7 × 5/2 = 10/14 = 5/7

so, the unit rate is 5/7 miles / hour.

which is very slow walking.

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Answer:

speed = distance/ time so:

(2/7) / (2/5) = (2/7) x (5/2) = 10/14 = 5/7 mph

5/7 = 0.71 miles per hour if you need decimal formatExplanation:

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