What is the unit rate of #(80 oz)/(2.5 servi ngs)#?

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Answer 1 · 2016-07-24T09:00:40

So unit rate is 32 oz

Unit rate means: how many of one thing you have got for 1 of something else. So you end up with something like.

#("count of some thing")/("1 of something else")->"unit rate"#

So for #(80oz)/(2.5" servings")# The unit rate is weight of 1 serving

Using the principle of ratios:

Change the 2.5 servings into 1 serving by dividing by 2.5.
For multiply and divide; what you do to the bottom you do to the top.

#(80oz)/(2.5" servings")-=(80-:2.5)/(2.5-:2.5) = 32/1#
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Note that the sign #-=# means 'equivalent to'

So unit rate is 32 oz