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Question
Justin is training for a hamburger eating competition. He is eventually able to eat 15 hamburgers in 10 minutes.
What is Justin's eating rate?
Responses
A 1 hamburger per minute1 hamburger per minute
B 1.5 hamburgers per minute1.5 hamburgers per minute
C 2 hamburgers per minute2 hamburgers per minute
D 10 hamburgers per minute
To find Justin's eating rate, we divide the number of hamburgers he eats by the time it takes him to eat them.
Justin eats 15 hamburgers in 10 minutes.
His eating rate is 15 hamburgers / 10 minutes.
Simplifying, we get 1.5 hamburgers per minute.
Therefore, the correct answer is B) 1.5 hamburgers per minute.