Concept explainers
To find: The mistake done in the conversion of the unit rate by Person N.
Answer to Problem 30HP
Person N did not divided the conversion by 2.
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
The conversion done by Person N is given below.
Calculation:
In a unit rate, the denominator must be 1. In the conversion, there is denominator 2. So, it needs to divide by 2 further.
Therefore, the correct unit rate is
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