Question

Examine the wintegraph of monear function

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What is the average of charge over the intervall <3 32
Enter your answer as me like this: 42

Answer 1

`Rate = 3`

Explanation:

Given

The attached graph

Required

Average rate of change over
`1 \le x \le 3`

This is calculated as:

`Rate = (f(b) - f(a))/(b - a)`

`[a,b] = [1,3]`

`[f(a),f(b)] = [-2.4]`

So, we have:

`Rate = (4 - (-2))/(3 - 1)`

`Rate = (6)/(2)`

`Rate = 3`