Question

It took 2/3 minutes to fill a barrel 1/5 of water.Find the unit rate in barrels per minutes.

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

$rate \: of \: filling \: barrels \\ = \frac{no \: of \: barrels}{time} \\ = \frac{ \frac{1}{5} }{ \frac{2}{3} } \\ = \frac{1}{5} \times \frac{3}{2} \\ = \frac{3}{10} \\ = 0.3 \: barrels \: per \: minute$