Answer:
The average rate of change is -3.
Step-by-step explanation:
We are given the function:
And we want to find the average rate of change from <em>x </em>= 0 to <em>x </em>= 3.
In other words, we will compute the function at the two endpoints, and then find the slope of the line that crosses the two points.
For our first endpoint at <em>x</em> = 0, our function evaluates to:
So, our first point is (0, 9).
For our second endpoint at <em>x</em> = 3, our function evaluates to :
So, our second point is (3, 0).
Then by the slope formula, our average rate of change will be:
You can look at the graph and see where the point crosses the y - axis for the y-int and for the x-int you look to see where the point crosses the x-axis. The coordinate with always have a coordinate of zero.
After 1 hour, 360 g decays to 180 g.
After another hour (total 2 hours), 180 g decays to 90 g.
After another hour (total 3), 90 g decays to 45 g.
After one more (total 4), 45 g decays to 22.5 g.
More quickly, with a half-life of 1 hour, the 360 g of starting material decays to
(360 g) / 2⁴ = 22.5 g
In general, if the half-life is 1 hour, then after <em>n</em> hours, an initial amount <em>A</em> of this substance decays according to
<em>A</em> / 2<em>ⁿ</em>
In a symmetric histogram, you have the same number of points to the left and to the right of the median. An example of this is the distribution {1,2,3,4,5}. We have 3 as the median and there are two items below the median (1,2) and two items above the median (4,5).
If we place another number into this distribution, say the number 5, then we have {1,2,3,4,5,5} and we no longer have symmetry. We can fix this by adding in 1 to get {1,1,2,3,4,5,5} and now we have symmetry again. Think of it like having a weight scale. If you add a coin on one side, then you have to add the same weight to the other side to keep balance.
