Question

a construction crew built 4 1/2 miles of Road and 3 3/8 days. What is the unit rate in miles per day? Write your answer as a fraction or mixed number in simplest form.

Answer 1

The construction crew took $3\frac{3}{8}$ days to build $4\frac{1}{2}$ miles of road.

Therefore, in 1 day, the crew built $\frac{4\frac{1}{2} }{3\frac{3}{8} }$ miles of road

= $\frac{\frac{9}{2} }{\frac{27}{8} } =\frac{9}{2}times\frac{8}{27}=\frac{4}{3}$ miles of road

Thus, the required rate is $\frac{4}{3}$ miles or $1\frac{1}{3}$ miles per day.