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carla is renting a canoe. it costs $80 for 2 hours and $110 for 4 hours. what is the rate of change for this situation?

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Add 30 onto the previous number
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Since given to costs, you can find the equation to model the Canoe cost.(110-80)/(4-2)=15, cost=15(hour)+b. Plugging in $80/2 hours. B= $50. The equation is cost=15*hour+50. Rate of change will be $15 an hour
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