Rate of Change and Slope

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What is rate of change?

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Describes how one quantity changes in relation to another quantity

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Rate of change of the line?

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$20 each week

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A man is climbing down from 100 feet high descending 30 feet per minute. What is the rate of change?

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-30

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At what rate did the rain fall?

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2 cm per hour

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A

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B

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D

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Rate of speed for a car traveling 150 miles in 3 hours?

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50 miles per hour

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How does the rate of change affect the slope of a line on a graph?

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It makes the line steeper

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If a plant grows 2 inches every week, what is the rate of growth?

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2 inches per week