Question

Identify the rate of change of the function.

Answer 1

67Answer:67

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Note that “rate of change of the function” is a trivial name for “derivative of the function”.

So we just need to find the derivative of the function.

A linear equation should be easily found by:

(y - (-5)) / (x - 0) = (-5 - 0)/(0 - 2.5)
2x - y - 5 = 0
y = 2x - 5

Taking the derivative with respect to x:
dy/dx = 2

Done.
By the way it’s equivalent to the slope of the function. ; )