Question

A vendor who sold bread at farmers' markets counted the number of leftover loaves at the

end of each day.
Day
Loaves of leftover bread
Leftover loaves
Tuesday
22
Wednesday 24
Thursday
20
Friday
22
Saturday
27
According to the table, what was the rate of change between Wednesday and Thursday?

Answer 1

Explanation:

4 loaves

Answer 2

- 4

Explanation:

Given:

• Wednesday = day 3 = 24 loaves
• Thursday = day 4 = 20 loaves

Rate of change:

• Difference in the number of loaves / difference in the number of days
• (20 - 24)/(4 - 3) =
• - 4/1 =
• - 4