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Estimate the average rate of change from x=4 to x=5 .

Estimate the average rate of change from x=4 to x=5 .-example-1
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According to the plot, it looks like
y=3.5 when
x=4, and
y=7 when
x=5. Then the average rate of change from
x=4 to
x=5 is


(\Delta y)/(\Delta x) = (7 - 3.5)/(5 - 4) = 3.5

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