Activity Shannon is at the fair. She has already been on a couple of rides, and now she has only 13 tickets left. She wants to use her tickets wisely to get the maximum ride time with her remaining tickets. She wants to find the rates (ride time per ticket) of the different rides in the fair. This table shows the cost, in tickets, and the ride time for the six rides at the fair
Part A
Find the rate for each ride in seconds per ticket using the formula . Type your answers in the table. The rate for the first ride has been filled in for you. Simplify each rate as much as possible.

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Ride Cost (tickets) Ride Time (seconds) Rate (seconds per ticket)
Ferris wheel
Tilt-A-Whirl
Spin-O-Rama
bumper cars
Straight Up!
carousel
Part B
Based on the table in part a, on which two rides will Shannon have the same rate in seconds per ticket?
Part C
Based on the table in part a, on which ride will Shannon have the lowest rate in seconds per ticket?
Part D
Based on the table in part a, what is the difference of the highest and the lowest rates?
Part E
What is the ratio of the rate for the ride with the highest rate to the rate for the ride with the lowest rate in seconds per ticket?
Part F
Based on the table in part a, what is the ratio of the rate for the carousel to the rate for Straight Up! in seconds per ticket? Express this ratio as a unit rate.
Part G
If a ride has the highest rate in seconds per ticket, how would it benefit Shannon?
Part H
If Shannon had to pay $0.50 for each ticket, what is the rate for bumper cars in seconds per dollar?