Question: what is the difference between a percent and a unit rate?
Answer: This same ratio x/y, rate, expressed as a fraction of 100 is called the percentage, n/100. ... A percentage is defined a the ratio of 2 numbers times 100 (percent is Latin for per one hundred). Example: 1 divided by 2 is 0.5 or 50%. An interest rate is expressed as a percentage or as a point. ...