Question

This year the winner of the New York Marathon ran the 8-kilometer event in 24 minutes. What is the runner’s unit rate?

Answer 1

0.33 repeating kilometers per minute. 1km/3min

Answer 2

8km - 24 minutes, to find the unit rate (how long it took to run 1km)

We would make a ratio,

8:24

Now just simplify,

8:24

=

1:3

Therefore the unit rate would be 1 kilometer covered for every 3 minutes.