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If the average rate of change 10 is greater than the average rate of change of -12.5 explain why this is incorrect?

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Explanation:

It's the magnitude of the average rate of change that's important here.

| -12.5 | is greater than | 10 |. The negative sign tells us that the function is decreasing on the given interval.

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