Question

What is the average rate of change between f (1) and f (5) in the function f (x) = x2 - x - 6 ?

Answer 1

Answer:

${ \tt{average = \frac{f(1) + f(5)}{2} }} \\ \\ = { \tt{ \frac{( {1}^{2} - 1 - 6) + ( {5}^{2} - 5 - 6) }{2} }} \\ = \frac{ - 6 + 14}{2} \\ \\ = { \tt{4}}$