Question

What is the rate and unite rate for 17 dollars for 8 books

Answer 1

\[\frac{dollars}{books}\]

Answer 2

You want to find how many dollars it would take to purchase a single book to get a unit rate
You can set up a fraction 17dollars/8books
and you'd get about $2.12, which you can check by multiplying by 8 again to see if the answer is 17

Answer 3

thanks but how do you mutiply 2.12 into 8

Answer 4

I mean will it equall 17

Answer 5

you multiply $2.12 dollars times 8 books which gives you a total of $17 dollars, if you punch 2.12 x 8 into a calculator, that's roughly the answer

Answer 6

16.96 is the answer you'd get multiplying 2.12 by 8, which is because I rounded when I divided 17/8

Answer 7

jeez doesn't anyone use a calculator?
\[17\div 8\]

Answer 8

=2.12500

Answer 9

thanks

Answer 10

is that the rate or unit rate

Answer 11

Remember that the rate is a fraction. The "per" stands for the fractional line. The unit rate has 1 as the denominator.