Average Rate of Change

Which of the following intervals has the largest average rate of change?

• [13,14]
• [13, 17]
• [16, 17]
• [16, 19]

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CCSS.HSS.ID.C.7

The Jamison family kept a log of the distance they traveled during a trip, as represented by the graph below. Find the average rate of change between the 1st hour and the 2nd hour.

• 70 miles per hour

• 110 miles per hour

• 40 miles per hour

• 1 mile per hour

The Jamison family kept a log of the distance they traveled during a trip, as represented by the graph below. During which interval was their average speed the greatest?

• the first hour to the second hour

• the second hour to the fourth hour

• the sixth hour to the eighth hour

• the eighth hour to the tenth hour

Find the average rate of change between year 14 and year 16

• 460

• 78

• 2

• 78.5

The table below shows the snowfall in a north-eastern city in inches for the first week in January.

Find the average rate of change in the number of inches of snowfall from January 8 to January 11.

• 2/3 in.

• 2 in.

• 3 in.

• 6 in.

Calculate the average rate of change from 20 to 40 minutes.

• -2 minutes per gallon

• -20 minutes per gallon

• -2 gallons per minute

• -20 gallons per minute