SOLUTION: Find the average rate of change of the function from x1 to x2. f(x) = 5x + 7 from x1 = -1 to x2 = 0

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Question 650189: Find the average rate of change of the function from x1 to x2.
f(x) = 5x + 7 from x1 = -1 to x2 = 0
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hi,

f(x) = 5x + 7 from x1 = -1 to x2 = 0 (moving one unit to the right on the x-axis)

Using the standard slope-intercept form for an equation of a line y = mx + b

  where m is the slope and b the y-intercept. slope m =+5%2F1

Find the average rate of change of the function f(x) from x1 to x2. 5