How to come up with unit rate for 1 day when give 1.5 days?Question: A gerbil drinks 2/3 of a water bottle every 1.5 days. Use a unit rate to discover how many water bottles the gerbil drinks in 5 days.When given problems like this before, I have used whole numbers and was easily able to figure out a unit rate for 1 day. Since I have fractions, I am confused on how to break 1.5 down to 1 all while changing the 2/3.When I did this problem without a unit rate, I multiplied 2/3 by 3 and discovered that the gerbil drank 2 water bottles in 4.5 days. I then took 1/2 of 2/3 and got that the gerbil drinks around 2.3 water bottles in 5 days!How do I compute this using unit rates?

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Braedon Rivas · Accepted Answer

So we are given that the gerbil drinks       2    3   bottles every       3    2   days.Hence, the amount it drinks in one day is       2    3    ÷      3    2    =      4    9   bottles.Hence, the amount it drinks in five days is       4    9    ×  5  =      20    9    =  2.      2    ¯  The second step is the most important here: all you are doing is simple division, that gives you the unit rate.Doing it your way, you said that   2 liters are consumed in   4.5 days. The remaining is       1    3   of       3    2   days, so the amount consumed in that time is       1    3    ∗      2    3    =      2    9  . Hence the answer is   2      2    9    =  2.      2    ¯  By the way, feel free to clear doubts, I know it&#039;s a sensitive topic.

Jaqueline Kirby · Accepted Answer

Simply write down an expression for the rate and extend the fraction so that the denominator is   1:The rate given is       2    3     bottles per       3    2     days. Here &quot;per&quot; means &quot;divided by&quot;, so we have            2      3              3      2         bottles per  day  =      4    9     bottles per day    ⟹    5  ×      4    9         bottles per           5         days    =      20    9         bottles per           5         days

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