Tanya is training a turtle for a turtle race. For every 1/6 of an hour that the turtle is crawling he can travel 1/24 of a mile.

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At what unit rate is the turtle crawling.

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frozen [14] · Answer 1 · 2022-08-29T10:52:40+03:00

The rate at which Tanya's turtle travels is 0.25mi/hr

This question is from a topic in mathematics called Rate.

This is a ratio in which different terms in different units are compared against each other.

In this question, for every 1/6 of an hour, the turtle is crawling 1/24 of mile.

Data given;

Let's express this mathematically

$1/24 mi = 1/6 hr\\x mi = 1 hr\\x = (\frac{1}{24})/(\frac{1}{6})\\x = 0.25mi$

What this calculation shows is that the turtle travels at 0.25mi/hr

The rate at which the turtle travels is 0.25 miles in an hour or 0.25mi/hr

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