Answer to Question #111910 in Calculus for amal

Question

how to calculate the average rate

Answer 1

rate of change of a quantity or distance is the change in quantity or distance over change in time. then

Average rate will therefore be the quantity or distance over elapsed time, or is also known as the slope of a line

its calculated as follow:

let Y₁ and Y₂ be initial and final distance or quantity

and let t₁ and t₂ be initial and final time of the quantity or distance.

then

average rate/mean rate=(Y₂-Y₁)/(t₂-t₁)