Question

Determine whether A or B has the greater rate of change.

Answer 1

We determine their rate of change as follows:

*A:

$r=\frac{-3-0}{-2-(-5)}\Rightarrow r=-1$

*B:

$r=\frac{4-1}{2-(-1)}\Rightarrow r=1$

*We determine the rate of change of each by doing the same procedure as finding the slope, but with the furthest away point, from this, we have that B has a greater rare of change.