Rate of Change
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Objective
I can calculate the rate of change from a graph or a table.
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Practice
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A car travels 120 meters in 10 seconds. What is the average speed of the car in meters per second?
A graph shows a straight line representing distance vs. time. At time = 0 seconds, the distance is 5 meters. At time = 4 seconds, the distance is 21 meters. What is the rate of change of distance with respect to time (i.e., the speed)?
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“A table shows the distance a remote control car travels at different times: Time (seconds) | Distance (meters) ----------------|------------------ 2 | 10 4 | 20 What is the rate of change of distance with respect to time? A graph shows a straight line representing the height of a plant over time. At 1 week, the plant is 3 cm tall. At 5 weeks, the plant is 15 cm tall. What is the rate of change of the plant's height with respect to time? ”
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