Question

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Be Precise A standard shower drain can drain water at the rate of 480 gallons in 23
hour. Create three different rates, using the same or different units, that are all equivalent to this rate. Be precise in the units you choose. Then find the unit rate, in gallons per minute.

Answer 1

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Explanation:

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Answer 2

480 gallons in 2/3 hours = 240 gallons in 1/3 hour

480 gallons in 2/3 hours = 240 gallons in 20 minutes

480 gallons in 2/3 hours = 12 gallons per minute

The unit rate is 12 gallons per minute

How to find the unit rate?

A unit rate is a ratio between two units where the second rate is 1. It compares a certain number of units of one quantity to 1 unit of another quantity.

We are told that a standard shower drain can drain water at the rate of 480 gallons in 2/3 hours.

Thus:

If 2/3 hours = 480 gallons, then:

1/3 hours = ((1/3) * 480)/(2/3) = 240 gallons in 1/3 hour

This can also be written as:

240 gallons in 20 minutes

Converting to per minute gives: 240/20 = 12 gallons per minute

The unit rate is 12 gallons per minute