Question

Tanya is training a turtle for a turtle race. For every 1/3 of an hour that the turtle is crawling, he can travel 1/24 of a mile. At what unit rate is the turtle crawling?

Answer 1

Answer:

0.125 mph

Step-by-step explanation:

Given: Distance travel by Turtle is 1/24 mile for every 1/3 of an hour.

Now, finding the crawling rate of Turtle.

Remember, $Speed= \frac{Distance}{Time}$

Crawling rate= $\frac{\frac{1}{24} }{\frac{1}{3} }$

To divide fraction, we need to take the reciprocal of divisor and multiply the dividend.

⇒ Crawling rate= $\frac{1}{24} \times \frac{3}{1}$

⇒ Crawling rate= $\frac{1}{8} \ mph$

Converting the fraction into decimal by dividing 1 by 8.

∴ Crawling rate= 0.125 mph

Hence, Turtle was crawling at the unit rate of 0.125 mph.