Question
It took Liam 15 minutes to ride his bike three miles. Convert this ratio into a unit rate by finding how long many minutes did he take to travel one mile.(1 point)
Responses
5 minutes/mile
5 minutes/mile
1/5 minutes/mile
one-fifth minutes/mile
1/5 miles/minute
one-fifth miles/minute
5 miles/minute
To convert the ratio of 15 minutes for 3 miles into a unit rate for 1 mile, you would do the following:
Divide the time (15 minutes) by the number of miles (3 miles):
15 minutes รท 3 miles = 5 minutes/mile
Therefore, the unit rate is:
5 minutes/mile
The correct answer is:
5 minutes/mile