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Question

What are the units of rate??

Answer 1

In physics there are no defined units of "Rate". It all depends on what you are measuring the "rate" of. i.e. the rate of acceleration is meters (feet)per second.
In other words the rate is the distance divided by time.
In general the "rate" is a special kind of ratio, indicating a relationship between two measurements with different units, such as miles to gallons. i.e. the rate of fuel consumption is 20 miles per gallon.

Answer 2

quantity over time is the most common form

e.g.
meters per second
miles per hour
milliliters per decade
etc.

But a rate is technically any unit over any other related unit -- somethings per something.

e.g.
Dollars per pound
Votes per state
Calories per serving
etc.

In terms of calculus, the first derivative of a function is its rate of change.

Answer 3

it really depends.

generally, rate is calculated as 1/time

so if the unit for time is seconds, then the unit for rate is s^-1

if the unit is minutes, then unit for rate is min^-1

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Answer 4

In terms of longitudinal distances, in length/time, such as meters/second, miles/hour