Answer:
The average rate of change is 8.
Step-by-step explanation:
The formula to calculate the average rate of change of a function F(x) is:

In this case, F(x) = 
a=2 and b=4
You have to evaluate x=2 (which is a in the formula) and x=4 (which is b in the formula) in the function.
In order to obtain F(b) and F(a) you have to replace x=4 and x=2 in the given function:
F(b) = 
F(a) = 

The answer is 8.
Standard deviation is: It is a measure of how spread out numbers are. It is the square root of the Variance, and the Variance is the average of the squared differences from the Mean.
For example: To find the standard deviation, you have to add up all the numbers in the data set, then divide by how many numbers there are, and that will get you your answer.
Example, Say your data set is: 9, 2, 5, 4, 12, 7, 8, 11, 9, 3, 7, 4, 12, 5, 4, 10, 9, 6, 9, 4.
The Mean is: 9 + 2 + 5 + 4 + 12 + 7 + 8 + 11 + 9 + 3 + 7 + 4 + 12 + 5 + 4 + 10+ 9 + 6 + 9 + 4. Over 20. That equals: 104 over 20 = 7.
So, the Standard Variance and Mean is: 7 for this problem.
Hope I helped!
- Debbie
Notice this is a geometric progression since each number multiplied by some factor equals the next number in the sequence, in this case,

Then by applying the formula for sum to infinity of a geometric progression,