Question

A baseball pitcher throws a fastball 60.5 feet in 2 seconds. If the ball travels at a constant speed per second, how can you write this as a unit rate?

Answer 1

Given that:

Miles traveled the fastball in 2 seconds = 60.5 ft

So, the ball traveled in one second

$\begin{gathered} =\frac{\text{Miles traveled in 2 seconds}}{2} \\ =\frac{60.5}{2} \\ =30.25 \end{gathered}$

The ball travels 30.25 miles per second.