Average Rate of Change and Increasing and Decreasing Table

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

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

Find the average rate of change over the given interval. 

• 4
• 7
• 7/3
• 3/7

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

• -0.65
• -0.75
• 3.75
• 4

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

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

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

• -3
• 3
• 0
• 2

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

Which of the following intervals has the largest average rate of change?

• [13,14]
• [13, 17]
• [16, 17]
• [16, 19]

What was the average rate of change in the population from 1900 to 1990?

• 175 million people/year
• 1.94 million people/year
• 2.13 million people/year
• -1 million people/year