Forum Thread: How to Solve Unit Rate Problems

In this video I will go over how to solve unit rate problems.

Lets first go over we solve for unit rate.
Step 1. Set up a proportion equal to one unit. For example:
If 8 oranges cost 40 cents, what is the cost of 1 orange?
Step 2. Next, cross multiply
Step 3. Solve for x.
Therefore,one orange equals 5 cents
The video works several example problems.