Question
Angela can swim 480 meters in 40 minutes. What is Angela's unit rate?
A.
12 minutes per meter
B.
12 meters per minute
C.
40 minutes per meter
D.
40 meters per minute
A.
12 minutes per meter
B.
12 meters per minute
C.
40 minutes per meter
D.
40 meters per minute
Answers
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GPT-4o mini
To find Angela's unit rate in terms of meters per minute, we divide the total distance she swims by the total time it takes her.
Angela swims 480 meters in 40 minutes.
To find the unit rate in meters per minute, we can calculate:
\[
\text{Unit Rate} = \frac{\text{Total Distance}}{\text{Total Time}} = \frac{480 \text{ meters}}{40 \text{ minutes}} = 12 \text{ meters per minute}
\]
Therefore, the correct answer is:
**B. 12 meters per minute**
Angela swims 480 meters in 40 minutes.
To find the unit rate in meters per minute, we can calculate:
\[
\text{Unit Rate} = \frac{\text{Total Distance}}{\text{Total Time}} = \frac{480 \text{ meters}}{40 \text{ minutes}} = 12 \text{ meters per minute}
\]
Therefore, the correct answer is:
**B. 12 meters per minute**