RATES AND VARIATIONS RATES:- When sets or quantities of different kinds are related, we use the word rate. i.e 1. A rate of pay of 10,000/= Tsh per hour (money- time) 2. The price of juice is 700/= Tsh per litre (money -weight of juice) 3. The average speed of 80 kilometres per hour (distance- time) Therefore the rate is the constant relation between two sizes of two quantities concerned. NOTE: Rates deals with the comparison of two quantities of different kinds. Example 1. Hiring a car at a charged rate of Tsh 2,000/= per kilometer. (a) A journey of 40 kilometers will cost 40 x Tsh 2,000= Tsh 80,000/= (b) A journey of 100 kilometres, costs 100 x Tsh. 2,000= Tsh.200,000/= If we state the rate we always give two quantities concerned and the unit measurement. E.g: Average speed is written as 100 kilometres per 2 hours or 50 kilometres per one hour.