Rate of Change
Learning Objective
I can calculate the rate of change from a graph or a table.
Practice Questions
This lesson includes 7 practice questions to reinforce learning.
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1. A car travels 120 meters in 10 seconds. What is the average speed of the car in meters per second?
2. A graph shows a straight line representing distance vs. time. At time = 0 seconds, the distance is 5 meters. At time = 4 seconds, the distance is 21 meters. What is the rate of change of distance with respect to time (i.e., the speed)?
3. A table shows the distance traveled by a cyclist at different times: Time (seconds) | Distance (meters) ----------------|------------------ 0 | 0 1 | 4 2 | 8 3 | 12 What is the rate of change of distance with respect to time between 1 second and 3 seconds?
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