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ISBN: 9780135239919

Author: BENNETT AND BR

Publisher: PEARSON

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The word “unitary” comes from the word “unit”, which means a single and complete entity. In this method, we find the value of a unit product from the given number of products, and then we solve for the other number of products.

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The amount earned or lost on the sale of one or more items is referred to as the profit or loss on that item.

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Chapter 2.A, Problem 69E

More Unit Practice. Use unit analysis to answer the following questions.

69. In 2015, there were approximately 3,998,000 million births in the United States. Find the birth rate in units of births per minute. Assuming a U.S. population of 321 million, what was the annual birth rate in units of births per 1000 people?

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Chapter 2.A, Problem 68E

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