A machine stamps 50 metal parts in 15 minutes. What is the unit rate in parts per hour?

2 Answers

#200# unit parts per hour.

Explanation:

#15# mins #= 50# metal parts
#30# mins #= 100# metal parts
#45# mins #= 150# metal parts
#60# mins #= 200# metal parts

Apr 22, 2018

#50/0.25 = 200 # parts per hour.

Explanation:

The required units of a rate indicate which quantity needs to be divided by which quantity.

We want to know how many # " parts per hour"#

Therefore we need to divide the number of parts by the time in hours,

We have #50# parts in #15# mins which is the same as

#50# parts in #0.25# hours

#50/0.25 = 200 # parts per hour.