Question

How do you write each real-world example as a rate using labels and then the unit rate: Mrs. Thomas charges $60 for 120 minutes of tutoring?

Answer 1

See the explanation

Explanation:

Let time be `t`
Let cost be `c`

Basing unity to be time

The units of measurement for time in the question is given as minutes. `color(brown)("So using the same unites as in the question we have:")`

Using ratio: `("cost")/("time") ->c/t=($60)/120`

To make unit time we need to convert the 120 minutes into 1 minute

So we have: `($60.00-:120)/(120-:120) = ($0.50)/1`

For unit time to be 1 minute the charge is $0.50
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`color(brown)("However, unit charge is normally stated as cost per hour. ")`

So to change this to that form we need 60 minute

`($0.50xx60)/(1xx60) = ($30)/(60" minute")`

But 60 minutes is the same as 1 hour giving:

`($30)/(1" hour")`