Question

Jose takes 120 minutes to weed 6 equal rows of vegetable plants in his garden. What is his unit rate

per hour for weeding these rows of his garden?
The unit rate is
rows per hour or
1.

Answer 1

3 rows/hour

Explanation:

It is given that, Jose takes 120 minutes to weed 6 equal rows of vegetable plants in his garden.

120 minutes = 2 hours

We need to find the unit rate per hour for weeding these rows of his garden. It can be calculated as follows :

`R=(6)/(2)\\\\R=3\ \text{rows/hour}`

So, the rate for weeding these rows of his garden is 3 rows per hour.