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What is a unit rate?

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Unit rate is used to compare quantities in which the second quantity is one. Common examples of unit rate would include, miles per hour earnings per hour cost per gallon.

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It's also your rise over run, remember to look at the unit of measurement when counting. Example, If rise over run is 1Mile/15min. That's a unit rate.

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The numbers or measurements being compared are called the terms of the ratio. A rate is a special ratio in which the two terms are in different units. ... When rates are expressed as a quantity of 1, such as 2 feet per second or 5 miles per hour, they are called unit rates.

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