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Jason watched a caterpillar move 10 feet in 2 minutes. Jason says that the caterpillar's unit rate is 0.2 feet per minute. Is jason correct? explain.

Jason watched a caterpillar move 10 feet in 2 minutes. Jason says that the caterpillar's unit rate is 0.2 feet per minute. Is jason correct? explain.
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Jason watched a caterpillar move 10 feet in 2 minutes. Jason says that the caterpillar's unit rate is 0.2 feet per minute. Is jason correct? explain.

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No, to get the right answer you would need to get it to how many feet it moves per minute. So you would need to divide them both by two.
Two divided by two is one
Ten divided by two is five
So the caterpillar is moving at 5 feet per minute.
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