Question

How do you find rate of change using a graph

Answer 1

Consider the line y = 2x + 1, shown at the right. Notice that this slope will be the same if the points (1,3) and (2, 5) are used for the calculations. For straight lines, the rate of change (slope) is constant (always the same). For every one unit that is moved on the x-axis, two units are moved on the y-axis.