Terrance and Jessie are training for long-distance race Terrance trains at a rate of 6 miles every half hour and Jesse trains at a rate of 2 miles every 15 minutes what is the unit rate in miles per hour for each Runner

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There are several information's already given in the question. Based on those information's the answer can be easily deduced. 

Distance covered by Terrance in 1/2 hour = 6 miles
So
Distance covered by Terrance in 1 hour = 6 * 2 miles
                                                               = 12 miles
So the unit rate of Terrance is 12 miles per hour.

Now
Distance covered by Jessie in 1/4 hour or 15 minutes = 2 miles
Then
Distance covered by Jessie in 1 hour = 2 * 4 miles
                                                           = 8 miles
Then the unit rate of Jessie is 8 miles per hour.