Adam can eat 3/8
of a pizza in 1/16
of a minute. Compute the unit rate.
Responses
A 1 pizza per minute1 pizza per minute
B 3 pizzas per minute3 pizzas per minute
C 6 pizzas per minute6 pizzas per minute
D 9 pizzas per minute9 pizzas per minute
E 5 pizzas per minute
To find the unit rate of pizzas per minute that Adam can eat, we need to determine how much pizza he would eat in a full minute based on the given rate of eating 3/8 of a pizza in 1/16 of a minute.
We can set up a proportion to find the unit rate:
(3/8 pizza) / (1/16 minute) = (x pizzas) / (1 minute)
To solve for x, we need to cross-multiply and divide:
x = (3/8 pizza) * (1 minute) / (1/16 minute)
Simplify by multiplying the fractions:
x = (3/8) * (16/1)
Multiply the numerators and denominators:
x = (3 * 16) / (8 * 1)
x = 48 / 8
x = 6
So, Adam can eat 6 pizzas per minute, meaning the answer is:
C 6 pizzas per minute