SOLUTION: Find the rate of change in the percent of individuals free of headache pain over the given time span after taking Ibuprofen. % per hour http://www.webassign.net/tgintro

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Question 926018: Find the rate of change in the percent of individuals free of headache pain over the given time span after taking Ibuprofen.
% per hour



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Answer by MathLover1(20849) About Me  (Show Source):
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Recall that rate of change units are output units per input units.
x=0.5 ->input y=5 ->output
x=3 y1=50
rate of change :
%28y1-y%29%2F%28x1-x%29=%2850-5%29%2F%283-0.5%29=%2845%2F2.5%29=18%
On average,rate of change of 18% individuals are free of headache pain per hour between 0.5h and 3h.