It takes Zoe 12.5 minutes to swim 20 laps around the pool. What is Zoe’s unit rate?
1 Answer
Nov 19, 2015
Her swimming rate can either be written as 1.6 laps per (one) minute or as 0.625 minutes per lap = 37.5 seconds per (one) lap.
Explanation:
In terms of number of laps per minute, the answer is
In terms of the number of minutes per lap, the answer is
The faster she goes, the more laps she can do in a minute and the fewer minutes (or seconds) it takes her to do one lap.