Five pumpkin pies sit in front of 12 hungry people. If they finish the pies, and each person eats the same amount find the unit rate in the pumpkin pie per person

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Answer:

The rate is 0.42 pumpkin pies per person

Step-by-step explanation:

In this question, we are to calculate the amount of pie eaten per person.

This is a rate question.

We have 5 pies and 12 hungry people who ate the same amount of pies as the next person.

The unit rate which is pumpkin pie person is mathematically calculated by dividing the number of pumpkins pies by the number of persons

Mathematically that would be 5/12 = 0.42 pies per person approximately

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