Question

A sailboat travels a distance of miles in of an hour. Which complex fraction represents the unit rate in miles per hour?

Answer 1

thia is the last one

Answer 2

2 1/2 and 1/6

Answer 3

"1/6 of an hour"

and "per hour" means that the 1/6 should be the second number in the division problem

what would the division problem be?

Answer 4

2 1/2 divided byu 1/6??

Answer 5

yup

Answer 6

15

Answer 7

but my answer choices are fractions

Answer 8

uhh... hmm

do any of the fractions equal 15 if you simplified them?

Answer 9

here are the answer choices
a. 2 1/2 over 1/6
b. 5/2 over 1/6
c. 1/6 over 5/2
d. 1/6 over 2 1/2

Answer 10

oh then you want the one with 1/6 in the denominator (that's why it's the second number in the division)

and I guess they want you to keep the 2 1/2 as 2 1/2?

Answer 11

um i guess