How do you find the average rate of change of $y = x^2 + 7x$ over [1,8]?

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Answer 1 · 2016-01-02T17:05:06

$16$

The average rate of change is the slope on that interval.

The slope, or rise over run, measures the change in $y$ -values over the change in $x$ -values.

The $y$ -values are $f(1)$ and $f(8)$ and the $x$ -values are $1$ and $8$ .

Thus, the average rate of change is equal to

$(f(1)-f(8))/(1-8)$

Find $f(1)$ and $f(8)$ .

$f(1)=1^2+7(1)=8$

$f(8)=8^2+7(8)=120$

Thus, the average rate of change is equal to

$(8-120)/(1-8)=(-112)/(-7)=16$

How do you find the average rate of change of y = x^2 + 7xy = x^2 + 7x over [1,8]?