Question

A juice factory offers its juice in both bottles and cans. A class of students on a field trip decides to compare the numbers of cases of bottled juice and canned juice that are packaged each minute. The students count the number of cases that are packaged on each assembly line over several minutes.
What is the unit rate for canned juice, in cases per minute? Explain how you found this unit rate.

Answer 1

Answer: 50 cases per minute

Step-by-step explanation:

1. Select one of the points on the graph. Let's use (2, 100) in this case.

2. Divide the number of cases (y) by the amount of minutes (x) This means the equation would be 100 ÷ 2.

3. Since 100 cases ÷ 2 minutes = 50 cases per minute, that means that is unit rate, which can be expressed by y = 50x or f(x) = 50x.

Answer 2

50 cases per minute. Hope this helps