a man paints a staircase in 50 minutes. find the rate per minute. (the amount completed divided by the time it took)
ANSWER AS A FRACTION
The rate per minute can be found by dividing the amount completed by the time it took. In this case, the amount completed is the painted staircase, which is equivalent to 1. The time it took is 50 minutes.
Therefore, the rate per minute is 1/50.