Question

Car A travels at a rate of 45 miles per hour.

Car B travels at a rate of 80 miles in 2
hours. Find the unit rate of each car. Which
car is traveling faster?

Answer 1

Unit rate in this case denotes to distance traveled in miles per hour.Indirectly it denotes to speed

#Car A

• Speed=45mph

#Car B

• Speed=Distance/Time=80/2=40mph

As we can observe

car A is traveling faster