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Average Rate of Change of Polynomial Functions

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Name: ________________________ Per: __ Date: ________

Average rate of change of polynomial functions RSALG@II

Warm-up: Graph the function and identify the charachteristics listed on the side using a
graphing calculator

Average rate of change of a function y = f(x) between x=a and x=b

Finding the average rate of change from a table over an interval.


1) Find the average rate of change over the interval 1≤𝑥≤3 for the following table.

Finding the average rate of change from a graph over an interval


2) Find the average rate of change over the interval 1≤𝑥≤4
Name: ________________________ Per: __ Date: ________
Average rate of change of polynomial functions RSALG@II

3) A ball thrown in the air has a height of h(t) = - 16t² + 50t + 3 feet after t seconds. Find the
average rate of change of h between t = 0 and t = 2.

4) Given the function shown below. (Comparing Average rate of change)


State whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE:
a) average rate of change from B to A is greater than average rate of change from E to A.
b) average rate of change from B to A is greater than average rate of change from D to C.

5) Given the table below calculate the average rate of change on each interval.

x 0 1 2 3 4 5
F(x) 1 0 1 4 9 16

a) [1, 3] b) [1, 5]

6) Given the graph below, calculate the average rate of change on each interval.
Name: ________________________ Per: __ Date: ________
Average rate of change of polynomial functions RSALG@II

a) [-4, -2] b) [-3, 0]


Independent Practice
7) Find the average rate of change over the interval 0≤𝑥≤3 for the following table.

8)Find the average rate of change over the interval 0≤𝑥≤4

9. The table below shows the year and the number of households in a building that had
high-speed broadband internet access.
Year 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
# of
households 11 16 23 33 42 47

a) What is the average rate of change between 2002 and 2007?


Name: ________________________ Per: __ Date: ________
Average rate of change of polynomial functions RSALG@II

b) What is the average rate of change between 2003 and 2005?

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