Mr. Sonny's science class is calculating the average number of blinks per minute. Jan blinks 303 times in 3 minutes. What is her blinking rate, in blinks per minute?
Q. Mr. Sonny's science class is calculating the average number of blinks per minute. Jan blinks 303 times in 3 minutes. What is her blinking rate, in blinks per minute?
Identify total blinks and time: Identify the total number of blinks and the total time in minutes.Jan blinks 303 times in 3 minutes.
Use rate calculation formula: Use the formula for calculating the rate, which is the number of events (blinks) divided by the time (minutes).Blinking rate = Total number of minutesTotal number of blinks
Plug in values for calculation: Plug in the values into the formula to calculate the blinking rate.Blinking rate = 303 blinks ÷3 minutes
Perform division for blinking rate: Perform the division to find the blinking rate per minute.Blinking rate = 303÷3Blinking rate = 101 blinks per minute
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