Find the unit rate.
In 10 months, 62.6 gallons were used.
A. 0.16 gallon/month
B. 10 gallons/month
C. 6.3 gallons/month
D. 626 gallons/month********************
The answer is 6.3 gallons/ month
To find the unit rate, divide the amount used (62.6 gallons) by the number of months (10).
62.6 gallons / 10 months = 6.26 gallons/month
Therefore, the unit rate is 6.26 gallons per month.
None of the given answer options is exactly 6.26 gallons/month, but the closest option is C. 6.3 gallons/month. However, none of the answer options match the calculated unit rate exactly.
To find the unit rate, we need to determine the amount used per month.
We can divide the total amount of gallons used (62.6 gallons) by the number of months (10 months):
62.6 gallons / 10 months = 6.26 gallons/month
Therefore, the unit rate is 6.26 gallons/month.
However, none of the given answer choices match this result. The closest option is D, which is listed as 626 gallons/month. It seems there may be an error in the answer choices provided.
62.6 gal / 10 mo = 6.26 gal/mo
so agree