Question

During a hot dog eating contest, Alan ate

23.9 hot dogs in 5 minutes. How many hot
dogs did he average each minute?

Answer 1

4.78

Explanation:

You want the average rate of 23.9 hot dogs in 5 minutes.

Rate

Hot dogs per minute is found by dividing hot dogs by minutes:

(23.9 hot dogs)/(5 min) = 4.78 hotdogs/min

Alan averaged 4.78 hot dogs each minute.