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Given the function f(x) = 5x, Section A is from x = 0 to x = 1 and Section B is from x = 2 to x = 3.

Part A: Find the average rate of change of each section. (4 points)
Part B: How many times greater is the average rate of change of Section B than Section A? Explain why one rate of change is greater than the other. (6 points)

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Are you sure you have f(x)=5x right? Because the rate of change for a linear function is constant, which makes the assignment a bit moot.

So f(x) = 5^x.

We'll need f(0)=1, f(1)=5, f(2)=25 and f(3)=125.

Rate of change in [0,1]: dy/dx = f(1)-f(0) / (1-0) = 5
Rate of change in [2,3]: dy/dx = f(3)-f(2) / (3-2) = 100

The rate of change in the second section is 20 times higher than the first. This is because f(x) is an exponential function.
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