Average Rate of Change

What is Mrs. Gordon's rate from 0 to 2 seconds?

• 2.5 feet per second
• .4 feet per second
• 5 feet per second
• .2 feet per second

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CCSS.HSF.IF.B.6

CCSS.8.F.B.4

Calculate the average rate of change from 20 to 40 minutes.

• -2 minutes per gallon

• -20 minutes per gallon

• -2 gallons per minute

• -20 gallons per minute

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CCSS.8.F.B.4

CCSS.HSF.IF.B.6

Find the average rate of change over the given interval. 

• 4
• 7
• 7/3
• 3/7

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CCSS.HSF.IF.B.6

CCSS.8.F.B.4

What is the average rate of change of [1, 5]?

• -0.65
• -0.75
• 3.75
• 4

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CCSS.8.F.B.4

CCSS.HSF.IF.B.6

A climber is on a hike. After 2 hours he is at an altitude of 400 feet. After 6 hours, he is at an altitude of 700 feet. What is the average rate of change? 

• 200
• 150
• 300
• 75

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CCSS.8.F.B.4

CCSS.HSF.IF.B.6

A rocket is 1.5 miles above the Earth in 20 seconds and is 8 miles above the Earth in 2 minutes. What is the rocket's rate of change in miles per second?

• 0.065 mps

• 0.361 mps

• 3.892 mps

• 4.145 mps

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CCSS.HSS.ID.C.7

What is the average rate of change from x=0 to x=1

• -3
• 3
• 0
• 2

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CCSS.HSF.IF.B.6

CCSS.8.F.B.4

The Jamison family kept a log of the distance they traveled during a trip, as represented by the graph below. During which interval was their average speed the greatest?

• the first hour to the second hour

• the second hour to the fourth hour

• the sixth hour to the eighth hour

• the eighth hour to the tenth hour

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CCSS.HSF.IF.B.4

The table below shows the snowfall in a north-eastern city in inches for the first week in January.

Find the average rate of change in the number of inches of snowfall from January 8 to January 11.

• 2/3 in.

• 2 in.

• 3 in.

• 6 in.

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CCSS.HSF.IF.B.6

CCSS.8.F.B.4

f(x) = 2x² + 12x + 16
What is the average rate of change of f(x) on the interval [-3, -2].

• 2
• 1/2
• -2
• -1/2

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CCSS.HSF.IF.B.6

CCSS.8.F.B.4