What is the rate of change for the formula #y = 5x + 10# over the interval #[0, 4]#?
1 Answer
Feb 6, 2018
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Explanation:
The formal for the average rate of change over a closed interval
So for this problem the interval is:
And
Substituting this into the formula gives:
For a linear equation the rate of change over any interval is the slope which for this equation is also