Mr R can eat 16 Big Macs in 4 hours. We want to determine how many Big Macs he eats per hour. Write a rate to represent the situation. Find the unit rate and write it in word form.

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Talon Bullock

20 July, 22:43

Mr R can eat 16 Big Macs in 4 hours. We want to determine how many Big Macs he eats per hour. Write a rate to represent the situation. Find the unit rate and write it in word form.

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Manning · Answer 1

To find the number that goes with units of (BigMacs/hour), you divide the number of BigMacs by the number of hours (as the units suggest).

... (16 Big Macs) / (4 hour) = 4 Big Macs/hour