Compare Rate of Change

The table show's your profit from your summer mowing job. What is the rate of change?

• $10 per hour

• $20 per hour

• $5 per hour

• $12 per hour

You spend $40 on 5 pounds of concrete. What is the unit rate in dollars per pound?

• $8 per pound

• $5 per pound

• $35 per pound

• 0.125 pounds per dollar

Alycia earned $20.40 in 3 hours. What is her unit rate in dollars per hour?

• $7 per hour

• $6 per hour

• $6.80 per hour

• $17.40 per hour

What is the rate of change of the average height in feet of the trees with respect to the number of years since the trees were planted?

• 3 ft/yr

• 7 ft/yr

• 10 ft/yr

• 14 ft/yr

Which function has the greater rate of change?

• Function B

• Function C

Which company shows a greater rate of change? Work this out on your paper don't guess! =) 

• Water's Edge Rafts

• Ryan's Rafts

Who has the greater rate of change?

• Hunter has the greater rate of change.

• Casey has the greater rate of change 

• They have the same rate of change

• Function A

• Function B

Function A is given by the equation y=4x-7. Function B is given by the table shown. Function A has a ______ than Function B.

• smaller rate of change

• greater rate of change

• smaller y-intercept

• greater y-intercept

Compare the rates of change. Which statement is true about functions A and B?

• They have the same rate of change

• A has a greater rate of change than B

• A and B both have negative rates of change

• A has a negative ROC and B has a positive ROC