SOLUTION: In a fruit fly experiment, after 3 hours there were 4 flies. 4 hours later there were 9 flies. A)Find the rate of change after 4 hours. B)Interpret the meaning of your results

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Question 1116658: In a fruit fly experiment, after 3 hours there were 4 flies. 4 hours later there were 9 flies.
A)Find the rate of change after 4 hours.
B)Interpret the meaning of your results.

Answer by josgarithmetic(39618)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(3,4) and (4,9) points for ( time, fly-count).
AT the end of the four hours, the rate of change was , 5 flies per hour increase.

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