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Notes: (Topic 1.2) Rates of Change DAY 2 ‘The Average Rate of Change between any two points on a graph of f(x) is the _¢ hope through those points. Finding the Average Rate of Change y=¥ Average Rate of Change (AROC) = ind the Yy — Values, of the function for the given interval. 2. Find the 5; lope between these two points. 1 Je) Example 1: Find the average rate of change of the following functions on the given intervals. 2 JQ) =e +e onf-2—t] b. AG) = =F ont, 4] et Ea) cx ude, fe Ce ai see. hie 11 hija itt a flea) «(a3 ad = Fb =a Ate 7 vo 16°F f(-0-fl-2) | i hl) pu = 5 2 -' - (a2) 4-1 cae ze) Example 2: The graph of g(x) is shown below. Find the average rate of change of g(x) over the interval [1,3]. (3)-961) 4-0 [L. = al 3-(-1) 4 | t (Year of ) | 1850, 1900 1950 2000, ‘ACO (age in years) | 4ea0 | 5363 | 7065 | 81.83 Example 3: The table above lists the life expectancy of US females born in a given year. Find the average rate of ‘change in the life expectancy of US females born from 1850 to 2000, Include units of measure. AUne)~A SR) 9, 13-461 35.9.3 =pago ~ = O- 2362 age yeas per 2000 - 1950 150 (50 wee yeas Can we find an instantaneous rate of change??? ‘The idea of instantaneous rate of change is equivlalent to finding the rate of change of a function ata given point. This concept is developed formally and used in calculus, but we can approximate the rate of change at a point by using the age RATE of Change we Small _Tpter mh Example 4: A ball is thrown vertically in the air. For 0 <¢ <5, the height of the ball is modeled by the function h(t) = —4.9¢? + 25¢ + 5, where h is measured in meters and t is measured in seconds. Find the average rate of change in the height of the ball over the following intervals. Include units of measure. a) [1, 1.1] b) (1, 1.01] ©) [1, 1.001] ) (0.999, 1] hon -hd hlion-hG Al 001) - ht) Al)-hloga) ted fort [er | 1 - 0.999 = 14.91 meters = 16.16) meters BIBER = Ig oy 4 Per per po mekss per nom Sec ite sec Based on Example 4, what do you think is the true rate of change in height of the ball at time ¢ = 1 second? o “ the ball at tin The trac og change in heght Y 4a) ucend 48 15,2 meters per second Example 5: For each scenario below, determine whether the two quantities typically have a positive rate of change ora negative rate of change. a) Achild’s age and the child's height b) A golfer’s skill level and the golfer’s score Posi Tive Rate of negate rte of Change char aye ©) The height from the ground of a coin dropped off the Burj Kalifa and the speed of the coin pega hve gute 4 chanye Rates of Change and Graphical Behavior Connecting Rates of Change of f° with the Graph of f Ifthe rate of change of f is positive <> the graph of f isincreasing If the rate of change of f is negative the graphof is decreasing Ifthe rate of change of f is increasing <{——> the graphof f is concave up Ifthe rate of change of f is decreasing <———> the graph of fis concave down oO Graph of f Example 6: The graph of fis shown above. Complete the blanks below to correctly des rate of change of fis__ENC1LAIING and concave_COWIY because the rate of change of is —prmgReaenaeT opto — and the ate of change of f is__ decreas inresingecreig— e the graph of f and the {Gi Be careful when answering questions about graphical behavior! Pay close attention to the wording ofeach statemenit—does 1s itroferto the graph of forthe rate of change of f ? Y Example 7: For each of the following graphs, circle the correct descriptions for the behavior of each graph. y Graph of f ¥ ‘The graph of g is. ‘The rate of change of g is. oan 4 a postivelégative Gositivenegative ‘The graph of g is. ‘The rate of change of g is. (inerasin y/decreasing, increasing(deereasing ) Graph of g y ‘The graph of h is. ‘The rate of change of h is. pa 7 (Positvehegatve positiveliegative > ‘The graph of A is, ‘The rate of change of hi is. increasing increasing eereasing o eercasing) Graph of h The graph of f is. The graph of / is... The rate of change of is ‘The rate of change of fis “(increasingjdecreasing aaa Notes: Topic 1.2 Rates of Change Created by Bryan Passwater

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