To find the rate at which customers were entering the store, divide the total number of customers by the total time it took for them to enter. In this case, 8 customers entered in 12 minutes.
Rate = 8 customers / 12 minutes = 2/3 customers per minute.
8 customers entered a store over the course of 12 minutes. At what rate were the customers entering the store in customers per minute?
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