Question

Use the table below to answer this question:

Answer 1

Average rate of change is slope.  The equation for slope is m=(y2-y1)/(x2-x1).  (x2, y2) will be (5, 1) and (x1, y1) will be (-1, 7).  Plug in and solve:

(7-1)/(5--1)

6/6

1

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