What is Tomas's unit rate for the balloons used per minute,for Tomas makes balloon sculptures at a circus. In 180 minutes, he uses 252 balloons to make 36 identical balloon…

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Keith K · Answer 1 · 2020-03-22T17:34:15+0000

Answer:

Tomas"s unit rate is 1.4 balloons per minute

Explanation:

Given:

252 balloons are used to make 36 identical balloon sculptures in 180 minutes.

1 balloon Sculpture is made of 7 balloons.

∴Number of Balloons used in 1 minute =
$\frac{\textrm{Number of Ballons in 180 minutes}}{180 \ minutes} = (252)/(180) =1.4 balloons.$