Why do you think rates are usually written as unit rates?

Molly shared a spool of ribbon with 12 people. each person received 3 feet of ribbon. which equation can she use to find r, the number of feet of ribbon that her spool originally had?

James is playing his favorite game at the arcade. after playing the game 3 times, he has 8 tokens remaining. he initially had 20 tokens, and the game costs the same number of tokens each time. the number t of tokens james has is a function of g, the number of games he plays. write the function’s formula? t=

15 and 14.7 are 1 apart, so 15 – 14.7 must be 1.