What is the average rate of change of the function on the interval from x=0 to x=2?

f (x) = 250 (0.5) ^x

Enter your answer in the box as a decimal.

My answer is - 187.5 I was wondering if any of you could check it.

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Colton Alexander

Mathematics

3 November, 11:52

What is the average rate of change of the function on the interval from x=0 to x=2?

f (x) = 250 (0.5) ^x

Enter your answer in the box as a decimal.

My answer is - 187.5 I was wondering if any of you could check it.

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Ruth Kelly · Answer 1

So what I would do is find the slope from (0, f (0)) to (2, f (2))

f (0) = 250

f (2) = 62.5

(0,250) and (2,62.5)

find the slope

(y2-y1) / (x2-x1)

(62.5-250) / (2-0) = 187.5/2=-93.75

answer is - 93.75

What is the average rate of change of the function on the interval from x=0 to x=2?f (x) = 250 (0.5) ^xEnter your answer in the box as a decimal.My answer is - 187.5 I was wondering if any of you could check it.

What is the average rate of change of the function on the interval from x=0 to x=2?

f (x) = 250 (0.5) ^x

Enter your answer in the box as a decimal.

My answer is - 187.5 I was wondering if any of you could check it.