Tanya is training a turtle for a turtle race. For every of an hour that the turtle is crawling, he can travel of a mile. At what unit rate is the turtle crawling?

Answer 1

To find the unit rate at which the turtle is crawling, we need to determine how many miles it travels per hour.

Let’s denote the distance traveled by the turtle in fractional terms. Suppose the turtle can travel \(\frac{1}{x}\) miles in \(\frac{1}{y}\) hours (where \(x\) and \(y\) are specific values you would provide). In this situation, we can calculate the rate as follows:

1. Convert the time to unit hours. If it can travel \(\frac{1}{x}\) miles in \(\frac{1}{y}\) hours, the rate in miles per hour (mph) can be calculated by multiplying the miles by \(y\) (to get miles traveled in hours) and dividing by \(1\) (since we want to find miles per 1 hour).

   \[ \text{Rate} = \left(\frac{1}{x} \text{ miles}\right) \div \left(\frac{1}{y}\text{ hours}\right) = \left(\frac{1}{x} \times \frac{y}{1}\right) \]

2. Simplifying this gives: \[ \text{Rate} = \frac{y}{x} \text{ miles/hour} \]

So, using your provided values (replace \(x\) and \(y\)), we will have the unit rate of the turtle's crawling speed in miles per hour. Please provide those values for exact calculation.