Joe walked four over nine of a mile in four over five of an hour. What is his unit rate in miles per hour?
Joe walked 4/9 of a mile in 4/5 of an hour.
4/9 mile= 715.264 metres
4/5 hour= 48 minutes
715.264/48= 14.902 metres/ minute
14.902 x 60= 894.12 metres/hour.
= 0.556 miles/ hour.
Answer:
Joe walked \(\frac{5}{9}\) miles/hour.
Step-by-step explanation:
Joe walked \(\frac{4}{9}\) of a mile in \(\frac{4}{5}\) of an hour.
We can rewrite this statement as
Joe walked in each hour = \(\frac{\frac{4}{9} }{\frac{4}{5} }\)
= \(\frac{4}{9}\) × \(\frac{5}{4}\)
= \(\frac{5}{9}\) miles per hour.
Joe walked \(\frac{5}{9}\) miles/hour.