Thread: average rate of change

Let
f(x)=5 ·x2+2 ·x−3 and let x0= 1.


The average rate of change of f between x= 1 and x= 1.18 equals ?

Originally Posted by samtheman17

Let
f(x)=5 ·x2+2 ·x−3 and let x0= 1.


The average rate of change of f between x= 1 and x= 1.18 equals ?

I assume your function is

.


You have






Also



.


The average rate of change will be given by







.

ok, thank you so much!

that really helped

(ps.anwser is 12.9 as 1.18-1 is .18 not 1)