Question

A person runs
1
4
of a mile in
1
32
of an hour. Compute the unit rate by setting up a complex fraction and simplifying.

Answer 1

$\bf \cfrac{\quad \frac{1}{4}~mile\quad }{\frac{1}{32}~hour}\implies \cfrac{1}{4}\cdot \cfrac{32}{1}\implies \cfrac{32}{4}\implies 8~\frac{mi}{hr}$