How are unit rates determined?
1 Answer
Divide one quantity by another quantity to get the unit rate.
Explanation:
Generally for this type of problem we are dealing with two given (or calculable) quantities specified in different units.
Suppose we knew that
then the unit rate of miles to hours (the average speed) would be
and the unit rate of hours to miles (how long it took to walk 1 mile) would be
Similarly, if
then the unit price for a box of crayons would be
And, if on a map a line
then the unit ratio of real distance to map distance would be