Jeff used the fact that a highway bus can travel 275 miles in 5 hours to find the unit rate. If the bus is currently traveling 59 miles per hour, is the bus going faster, slower, or equal to the unit rate?(1 point)

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Responses

Slower
Slower

Cannot be determined by the information provided.
Cannot be determined by the information provided.

Equal to
Equal to

Faster

Answer 1

To find the unit rate of the bus, we can calculate the rate of speed by dividing the total distance by the total time.

The bus traveled 275 miles in 5 hours:

\[ \text{Unit Rate} = \frac{275 \text{ miles}}{5 \text{ hours}} = 55 \text{ miles per hour} \]

Now, the bus is currently traveling at 59 miles per hour. To compare:

• The unit rate (average speed) is 55 miles per hour.
• The current speed is 59 miles per hour.

Since 59 miles per hour is greater than 55 miles per hour, we can conclude that the bus is traveling faster than the unit rate.

So, the correct response is:

Faster