40 meters in 60 seconds could be expressed as
[tex] \frac{40 meters}{16 seconds} [/tex]
So, in order to get the unit rate, we divide the numerator and denominator by 16.
[tex] \frac{40}{16} \\ \frac{40/16}{16/16} \\ \frac{2.5}{1} \\ \frac{2.5 meters}{1 second} [/tex]
So, the unit rate is 2.5 meters per second (or every one second)
