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 Ratios & Rates RATE- ratio comparing two different units. RATIO- comparison using division. An example of a RATIO is 2:3 people bet that Lucky would win the race. An example of a RATE is the car drove 35mph for 6 hrs. This is a RATE because it's comparing two different units(miles per hour vs. hours) UNIT RATE is a rate with a denominator of one. An example of a UNIT RATE would be the runner ran 2 miles in 1 hour. This is a UNIT RATE because the denominator is one. UNIT ANALYSIS is like converting seconds into minutes or minutes into hours. Here's a website that will help give you examples of UNIT ANALYSIS: http://www.alysion.org/dimensional/fun.htm Here is another website that has 3 UNIT ANALYSIS practice problems for you: http://www.mccd.edu/faculty/dawsond/Chem%2002A/Practice%20MultiStep%20Unit%20Analysis%20Problems.pdf Article posted February 15, 2012 at 09:43 PM • comment • Reads 25 • Return to Blog List Add a CommentPosted Comments |
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