Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
This is a quadratic sequence.
The nth term must have .
The sequence has a factor of .
Few terms to this sequence are:
5, 20, 45, 80, 125, 180, 245, 320, 405, 500, 605, 720, 845, 980, 1125, 1280, 1445, 1620, 1805, 2000, 2205, 2420, 2645, 2880, 3125, 3380, 3645, 3920, 4205, 4500, 4805, 5120, 5445, 5780, ...
Answer:
0.2071
Step-by-step explanation:
It looks like the graph is of the function ...
y = √(x +8) -2
We know that (-4, 0) is one point on the graph. The other point of interest is at x=0, where y = √8 -2 ≈ 0.8284.
The average rate of change on the interval is then ...
m = (0.8284 -0)/(0 -(-4)) = 0.2071
The average rate of change on the interval is about 0.2071.
_____
<em>Rougher estimate</em>
The graph goes through the points (-4, 0) and (1, 1), so has a slope of 1/5 = 0.2 on the interval [-4, 1]. We know the graph does not go through (0, 1), so the slope is not as high as 1/4 = 0.25. The curve is concave downward, so the average slope will be higher than 0.2, but we aren't sure how much higher.
A reasonable estimate of the rate of change on the interval is "a little more than 0.2, but less than 0.25."
