Question

Jack can text 180 words in 2 minutes and 45 seconds. What is his unit rate in texts per second?

Answer 1

Answer: 1.091 which is approximately 1 word per second

Step-by-step explanation:

Jack can text 180 words in 2 minutes and 45 seconds. We would convert 2 minutes to seconds

60 seconds = 1 minute

x seconds = 2 minutes

x = 2×60 = 120 seconds

2 minutes 45seconds = 120+45 = 165 seconds

This means Jack can text 180 words in 165 seconds

Let's find his unit rate in texts per second

if jack texts 180 words in 165 seconds

Then jack texts y words in 1 second

165y = 180

y = 180/165= 1.091 words per second

This is approximately 1 word per second