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What is the average rate of change of f(x), represented by the table of values, over the interval [-2, 3]?
x    f(x)
-6  2.5
-2  2.5
0      2
2      0
3      5


answers:
A.  5
B. 2.5
C. 1
D. 0.5

Answer :

Average rate of change = (f(b) - f(a))/(b - a) = (f(3) - f(-2))/(3 - (-2)) = (5 - 2.5)/(3 + 2) = 2.5/5 = 0.5

Answer:

D. 0.5

Step-by-step explanation:

We will use average rate of change to solve our given problem.

[tex]\text{Average rate of change}=\frac{f(b)-f(a)}{b-a}[/tex]

The average rate of change between -2 and 3 would be:

[tex]\text{Average rate of change}=\frac{f(3)-f(-2)}{3--2}[/tex]

Upon looking at our given table we can see that [tex]f(3)=5[/tex] and [tex]f(-2)=2.5[/tex].

[tex]\text{Average rate of change}=\frac{5-2.5}{3+2}[/tex]

[tex]\text{Average rate of change}=\frac{2.5}{5}[/tex]

[tex]\text{Average rate of change}=0.5[/tex]

Therefore, the average rate of change over closed interval [tex][-2,3][/tex] is 0.5 and option D is the correct choice.

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