Question

Which function shown below has the greater rate of change? Explain. (Be sure to include the

rate of change for each in your explanation).

Answer 1

Function 1 has a greater rate of change.

Explanation:

Function 1 has a rate of change of 3 because 3x is the slope of the line.

Function 2 has a rate of change of 1.5, because when you use rise/run, you get a slope of 3/2.

Function 3 has a rate of change of 2. You use the formula (y2 - y1) / (x2 - x1) to find the slope. I used (0,0) and (1,2). When you plug in 2 for y2, 1 for x2, and 0 for y1 and 0 for x1, you get (2-0) / (1-0) which is 2/1. That equals a slope of 2.