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van-123456789
van-123456789
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Write the ratio 162 heartbeats in 60 seconds as a unit rate.

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Posted by van-123456789 on Tuesday February 24, 2009 at 7:20 PM and tagged with math, rate, ratio.

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  1. gbeatty Teacher
    College - Freshman

    There are two main ways you could write this. You could write 2.7 bps (beats per second).

    You could write it as 162 BPM. That's 162 beats per minute. That's a standard way to track heart beat.

    Either would be a unit rate.

    Sources:
    http://hypertextbook.com/facts/1998/PavelMatskevich.shtml

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    Posted by gbeatty on Wednesday February 25, 2009 at 5:05 PM