Question

Select the correct answers in the table.

Rachel enjoys exercising outdoors. Today she walked miles in hours. What is Rachel’s unit walking rate in miles per hour and in hours per mile?

Answer 1

Explanation:

she walked 5 2/3 miles in 2 2/3 hours.

so, the unit rate (speed) is 5 2/3 miles / 2 2/3 hours.

for the regular miles/hour speed we need to this back to x miles/ 1 hour.

we start by creating full fractions :

17/3 miles / 8/3 hours = 17/3 × 3/8 miles/hour =

(17×3)/(3×8) = 17/8 = 2 1/8 miles/hour

and for hours/mile we need to flip this upside-down:

8/3 / 17/3 = 8/3 × 3/17 = 8/17 hours/mile