Jerry ran 3/4 of a mile in 1/8 of an hour. What was Jerry's rate of speed in miles per hour?

Mathematics · Middle School · Tue Nov 03 2020

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In order to find the rate of speed in miles per hour, we need to divide the distance with the time he spent on running.

So divide ¾ of a mile with 1/8 of an hour.

¾miles / 1/8hours

In order to divide 2 fractions we need multiply the first fraction with the reverse of the second fraction. So we will have:

=¾ * 8=

=(8*3)/4 =

=24/8=

=3miles/h