Question

What is the unit rate of 40 meters in 16 seconds?

Answer 1

The unit rate us 2.5 meters each second to do this you could find the unit rate

Answer 2

40 meters in 60 seconds could be expressed as

$\frac{40 meters}{16 seconds}$

So, in order to get the unit rate, we divide the numerator and denominator by 16.

$\frac{40}{16} \\ \frac{40/16}{16/16} \\ \frac{2.5}{1} \\ \frac{2.5 meters}{1 second}$

So, the unit rate is 2.5 meters per second (or every one second)