How do you find the unit rate for a snail that can go 13 inches in 20 seconds?

1 Answer
Nov 15, 2016

1313 inches in 2020 seconds is equivalent to 3939 inches/minute.

Explanation:

Since there are 33 period of 2020 seconds in a minute
or
(13" inches")/(cancel(20)cancel(" seconds")) xx (cancel(60)^3cancel(" seconds"))/(1" minute") = (39" inches")/("minute")