Question

Seth walks 1 ¼ miles in 5 /12 hour. What is Seth’s unit rate?

Briana walks 3 /4 miles in 1 / 5 hours. What is Briana’s unit rate?

Compare the walking speeds of Seth and Briana . Who has the faster speed per hour?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Seth walks 1 ¼ miles in 5/12 hour. Let us solve for the Unit rate of Seth base on the given data. => 1 and ¼ miles, convert this to decimals => 1 and ¼ miles = 1.25 miles Next, convert the hour => 5 / 12 hours = 0.42 hours Next to do is to divide the miles in hours to be able to get the final unit rate of Seth: => 1.25 / 0.42 => 2.97 miles/hour or 3 miles per hour.

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