Find the unit rate.

48 passengers in 16 cars = passengers per car

1 answer

To find the unit rate of passengers per car, you divide the total number of passengers by the total number of cars.

Given:

  • 48 passengers
  • 16 cars

Unit rate (passengers per car) = Total passengers / Total cars

Calculating:

\[ \text{Unit rate} = \frac{48 \text{ passengers}}{16 \text{ cars}} = 3 \text{ passengers per car} \]

So, the unit rate is 3 passengers per car.