Question

How do you express 24 cars for $4.80 as a unit rate?

Answer 1

cars/$ rate = `24/4.80 = 5` cars/dollar

$/car rate = `4.80/24 = ($0.20)/"car"`

Explanation:

A rate would be cars/$ or $/car.

cars/$ rate = `24/4.80 = 5` cars/dollar

$/car rate = `4.80/24 = ($0.20)/"car"`