Question

The area of a blackboard is 1 1⁄3 square yards. A poster’s area is 8⁄9 square yards. Find the unit rate and explain, in words, what the unit rate means in the context of this problem. Is there more than one unit rate that can be calculated? How do you know?

Answer 1

Unit rate of area of blackboard to area of poster = 8/33

Unit rate of area of Poster to area of blackboard = 33/8