2007-11-29 08:29:28 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Rate is how fast progress is being made.
2007-11-29 08:34:34 · answer #1 · answered by MathDude356 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A rate is just a ratio.
So, a velocity is an example of a rate: it is a distance divided by time.
But a price could also be a rate: Apples were sold at the rate of 2 dollars per pound (cost divided by weight).
The slope of a line is a rate: the rise divided by the run.
2007-11-29 16:35:46 · answer #2 · answered by Charlie149 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rate is the ratio that sets how two measurements are related.
For example, the rate of speed is the ratio that defines how much distance you cover in a set amount of time (d=r/t). Another example is the slope of a linear equation.
I think in 6th grade, you are probably thinking of rate = distance over time (r=d/t)
2007-11-29 16:42:31 · answer #3 · answered by someone2841 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a rate is the ratio of two quantities that do not have like measures....
like 50 miles per hour
or $1.25 per pound
or 10 revolutions per second
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2007-11-29 16:33:32 · answer #4 · answered by ssssh 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
rate usually refers to time; change of a measurable amount with respect to a change in time
for example, speed is a change of distance with respect to a change in time
2007-11-29 16:34:33 · answer #5 · answered by Jim L 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋