A biker traveled 24 miles in 3 hours. A unit rate to describe this would be 8 miles per hour. What is another unit rate in this situation?

1 over 8 mile per hour

1 over 8 hour per mile

1 mile per hour

3 hours per mile

Verified Answer :

1 over 8 mile per hour im sureee

Answer:

Option 2 - 1 over 8 hour per mile.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given : A biker traveled 24 miles in 3 hours. A unit rate to describe this would be 8 miles per hour.

To find : What is another unit rate in this situation?

Solution :  

A biker traveled 24 miles in 3 hours.

A unit rate to describe this would be 8 miles per hour.

The another unit rate is just invert the first one.

i.e. \(8\text{ miles/hour}=\frac{1}{8}\text{ hour/miles}\)

Which means it take \(\frac{1}{8}\text{ hour}\) to travel 1 mile.

Therefore, The another unit rate in this situation is 1 over 8 hour per mile.

Hence, Option 2 is correct.