One afternoon your family goes out to pick
strawberries for jam. At 1:00 pm, you have
picked 3 quarts. You finish picking at 3:00 pm
and have 29 quarts of strawberries.
At what average rate was your family picking?
Answer in units of quarts/hour
r = (29-3)/(3-1) =
To find the average rate at which your family was picking strawberries, you can use the formula:
Average rate = Total amount / Total time
In this case, the total amount of strawberries picked is 29 quarts, and the total time spent picking is 3:00 pm - 1:00 pm = 2 hours.
Now, let's calculate the average rate:
Average rate = 29 quarts / 2 hours = 14.5 quarts/hour
Therefore, the average rate at which your family was picking strawberries is 14.5 quarts per hour.