Question

A water sprinkler system can water

1
5
of a yard in
1
10
of a hour. Compute the unit rate by setting up a complex fraction and simplifying.

Answer 1

`\bf (1)/(5)yard\ in \ (1)/(10)hr\implies \cfrac{(1)/(5)yard}{(1)/(10)hr}\implies \cfrac{(yard)/(5)}{(hr)/(10)}`

simplify away