The marketing department of a sports supply store wants to estimate the percentage of adults in the town who belong to a gym. Wh
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First of all, a positive average rate of change means that the function is increasing, so the answer can only be A->B or B->C.
The average rate of change is defined as
i.e. as the ratio between the vertical and horizontal gain.
In order to go from point A to point B, you gain 1 unit horizontally and 5 units vertically. So, the average rate of change is 5/1=5.
In order to go from point B to point C, you gain 1 unit horizontally and 3 units vertically. So, the average rate of change is 3/1=3.
The rational root theorem states that the rational roots of a polynomial can only be in the form p/q, where p divides the constant term, and q divides the leading term.
In your case, both the leading term 5 and the constant term 11 are primes, so their only divisors are 1 and themselves.
So, the only feasible solutions are
For the record, in this case, none of the feasible solutions are actually a root of the polynomial.