Question

Chet started to slow his eating speed down later in the evening. He was

now eating only 1/4 of a turkey every 2 hours. What was his unit rate
later in the evening?

Answer 1

The unit rate is:

• 1/8 turkey/per hour.

Explanation:

As Chet was eating 1/4 of a turkey every 2 hours.

This tells us that every two hours, Chet will eat 175 1/4 of a turkey.

• Unit rate basically means 'how much of something per 1 unit of something else'.

A unit rate is a rate with a denominator of 1 unit.

This means, in 1 hour, Chet will eat half of what he eats every 2 hours.

so Chet will eat
`((1)/(4))/(2)=(1)/(8)` of a turkey in 1 hour.

i.e.

`((1)/(4))/(2)=(1)/(8)`

Therefore, the unit rate is:

• 1/8 turkey/per hour.