Average Rate of Change Tables

The table below shows the average diameter of a pupil in a person's eye as he or she grows older.

What is the average rate of change, in millimeters per year, of a person's pupil diameter from age 20 to age 80?

• 2.4 millimeters per year

• 0.04 millimeters per year

• -2.4 millimeters per year

• -0.04 millimeters per year

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CCSS.8.F.B.4

CCSS.HSF.IF.B.6

What is Mrs. Gordon's rate from 0 to 2 seconds?

• 2.5 feet per second

• 0.4 feet per second

• 5 feet per second

• 0.2 feet per second

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

Find the average rate of change of Pete's height from 3 years old to 5 years old.

• 2 inches per year

• 8 inches per year

• 2 years

• 4 inches per year

Mathematical Equivalence

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Mathematical Equivalence

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Mathematical Equivalence

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A family is traveling from their home to a vacation resort hotel. The table below shows their distance from home as a function of time.

Determine the average rate of change between hour 2 and hour 7, including units.

• 47 miles per hour

• 68 miles per hour

• 117.5 miles per hour

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.

Use the given function or the graph to find the average rate of change

• 3

• -3

• 3/2

• -1/3