Step-by-step explanation:
x-the initial number of coconuts
x=3y+1
2y=3z+1
2z=3×7+1=>z=11=>y=17=>x=52
Part A:
The average rate of change refers to a function's slope. Thus, we are going to need to use the slope formula, which is:

and
are points on the function
You can see that we are given the x-values for our interval, but we are not given the y-values, which means that we will need to find them ourselves. Remember that the y-values of functions refers to the outputs of the function, so to find the y-values simply use your given x-value in the function and observe the result:




Now, let's find the slopes for each of the sections of the function:
<u>Section A</u>

<u>Section B</u>

Part B:
In this case, we can find how many times greater the rate of change in Section B is by dividing the slopes together.

It is 25 times greater. This is because
is an exponential growth function, which grows faster and faster as the x-values get higher and higher. This is unlike a linear function which grows or declines at a constant rate.
Answer:
0.8041 = 80.41% probability that a given battery will last between 2.3 and 3.6 years
Step-by-step explanation:
Normal Probability Distribution:
Problems of normal distributions can be solved using the z-score formula.
In a set with mean
and standard deviation
, the z-score of a measure X is given by:

The Z-score measures how many standard deviations the measure is from the mean. After finding the Z-score, we look at the z-score table and find the p-value associated with this z-score. This p-value is the probability that the value of the measure is smaller than X, that is, the percentile of X. Subtracting 1 by the p-value, we get the probability that the value of the measure is greater than X.
A certain type of storage battery lasts, on average, 3.0 years with a standard deviation of 0.5 year
This means that 
What is the probability that a given battery will last between 2.3 and 3.6 years?
This is the p-value of Z when X = 3.6 subtracted by the p-value of Z when X = 2.3. So
X = 3.6



has a p-value of 0.8849
X = 2.3



has a p-value of 0.0808
0.8849 - 0.0808 = 0.8041
0.8041 = 80.41% probability that a given battery will last between 2.3 and 3.6 years