Question

Let f(x)=−x√3 . What is the average rate of change of f(x) from 8 to 64?

Answer 1

Average rate of change of the function: $-\sqrt{3}$

Step-by-step explanation:

The average rate of change of a function f(x) can be calculated as:

$r=\frac{f(x_2)-f(x_1)}{x_2-x_1}$

where:

$x_1, x_2$ are the x-values of the interval taken into account to evaluate the rate of change of the function

$f(x_1),f(x_2)$ are the values of the function at those points

In this problem, we have:

$x_1=8\\x_2=64$

The function is $f(x)=-x\sqrt{3}$, so

$f(x_1)=f(8)=-8\sqrt{3}\\f(x_2)=f(64)=-64\sqrt{3}$

So, the average rate of change in this interval is:

$r=\frac{-64\sqrt{3}-(-8\sqrt{3})}{64-8}=\frac{-56\sqrt{3}}{56}=-\sqrt{3}$

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