Functions Maximum Average Rate of Change

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

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

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.

Mathematical Equivalence

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Mathematical Equivalence

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Mathematical Equivalence

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Mathematical Equivalence

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

• 2.5 feet per second

• 0.4 feet per second

• 5 feet per second

• 0.2 feet per second

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

• -3

• 3

• 0

• 2