Answer:
The unit rate of 297 words for 5.5 minutes is, 54 words per minutes.
Step-by-step explanation:
Unit rate defined as when rates are expressed as a quantity of 1, such as 5 feet per second or 6 miles per hour, then they are called unit rates
Given: 297 words for 5.5 minutes.
The ratio of words per minutes is:
[tex]\frac{297 words}{5.5 minutes}[/tex]
By dividing the numerator and denominator by 5.5.
i.e
[tex]\frac{\frac{297}{5.5}}{\frac{5.5}{5.5}} =\frac{54 words}{1 minutes}[/tex]
Therefore, unit rate is 54 words per minutes.
