Answer:
0.5 m/s
Falling at 32 feet/s
Step-by-step explanation:
For the first question, since it only asks for the average time between 2 and 8 seconds, those are the only two important values. When taking the inputs and outputs for 2 and 8 seconds after the throw ((2,3) and (8,6) respectively), we can take the average change by finding the change in y/change in x, so we have (6-3)/(8-2)=0.5 meters/second.
For the second question, we can similarly just take the values from the initial drop (144) and after two seconds (80) to get that the rate of change is (144-80)/(-2)=-32, so it's falling at 32 feet/second.
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