document.write( "Question 536554: I asked this question earlier, but I mistyped so the person was unable to give the help that I needed. The question goes as follows:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The average rate of change of a function between two points is just the slope of the secant line through the two points.\r
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to write an equation of the secant line using the point-slope form of an equation of a line:\r
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