Question

The table above gives the annual ales (in billions of dollars) of Pepsico, which operates two major businesses: beverages (including Pepsi) and snack foods. The table shows Pepsico sales in billions of dollars for the 11 yearsA) What was the change of annual ales between the first year, 2016, and the 2021 year?B)What is the average rate of change in sales for the 2021 years beginning in 2016?_____billion dollars per year

Answer 1

Hello there. To solve this question, we'll have to remember some properties about rates of change.

Given the table with annual sales (in billion of dollars) of Pepsico, we have to determine answers for part A and B:

A) What was the change of the annual sales between the first year, 2016, and the 2021st year?

We have to take the difference between the sales on those years:

`51.34-48.98=2.36`

in billion of dollars.

B) What is the average rate of change in sales for the 2021 years beginning in 2016?

For this, we have to take the difference between the sales in the years of 2021 and 2016 and divide by the period of time.

`(51.34-48.98)/(2021-2016)=(2.36)/(5)`

Calculate the fraction

`0.472`

Billion dollars per year.