1. A motorboat travels 196 meters in 20 seconds. What is the motorboat's unit rate of speed?

Step1. Write equivalent ratios.
The boat's rate of speed is 196m/20 secs.
Let X represent the unknown. The second ratio is: xM/1 sec.


Step2. set up and solve a proportion.

19/20 = X/1

196 . ------------= 20 .-------
--------=---------
X = -------

The unit rate ------ meters per second.