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Worksheet B: (Topic 1.

2) Rates of Change Name: Solutions


Directions: For each scenario below, determine whether the two variables have a positive rate of change or a negative
rate of change.

1. The amount of money in a vending machine 2. The number of days since the flu season began
versus the number of items remaining inside the versus the number of people that have caught the
vending machine. flu.
Negative rate of change because as the amount of Positive rate of change because as the number of
money is increasing, the number of items days since the flu season began is increasing, the
remaining is decreasing. number of people that have caught the flu is
increasing.

3. The number of years since 2000 versus the 4. The number of miles driven since last filling up
number of Tesla’s on the road. a gas tank versus the amount of gas left inside the
Positive rate of change because as the number of tank.
years since 2000 is increasing, the number of Negative rate of change because as the number of
Tesla’s on the road is increasing. miles driven since last filling up a gas tank is
increasing, the amount of gas left inside the tank is
decreasing.

x .5 .8 .9 .99 1.01 1.1 1.2 1.5

g ( x) 0.45 −0.456 −0.582 −0.603 −0.595 −0.498 −0.264 1.35

5. The function g is given by g ( x ) = 2 x3 - 5.6 x + 3 .


a) Use your graphing calculator to find the values of g for the x-values indicated in the table above.

b) Use your graphing calculator to find the average rates of change of g over the following intervals. Be sure to show
your set up for your computations.

[.5, 1.5] [.8, 1.2] [.9, 1.1] [.99, 1.01]


𝑔(1.5) − 𝑔(0.5) 𝑔(1.2) − 𝑔(0.8) 𝑔(1.1) − 𝑔(0.9) 𝑔(1.01) − 𝑔(0.99)
= 0.9 = 0.48 = 0.42 = 0.4002
1.5 − 0.5 1.2 − 0.8 1.1 − 0.9 1.01 − 0.99

c) Based on the average rates of change from part b), what do you think is the rate of change of g when x = 1 ? Give a
reason for your answer. The rate of change of 𝑔 when 𝑥 = 1 is about 0.4 because as the intervals used to calculate the
average rate of change when 𝑥 = 1 get smaller, the better the approximation.

Worksheet B: Topic 1.2 Rates of Change Solutions by Ted Gott tedg20776@gmail.com Created by Bryan Passwater
6. The graph of h is shown above along with four points A, B, C, and D.

a) Sketch a line tangent to the graph of h at the four points indicated on the graph.

b) Order the rates of change of the graph of h from least to greatest at the points A, B, C, and D.
rate of change at A and D < 0, but the tangent line is steeper at D. rate of change at C = 0. rate of change at B > 0
The rates of change from least to greatest at the points A, B, C, and D are D, A, C, B

7. For each of the following statements about the graph of h shown above, circle the correct answer and the correct
reasoning.

a) From point A to point B, the rate of change of h is increasing/decreasing because the graph of h is
concave up/concave down over that interval.

b) From point B to point C, the graph of h is increasing/decreasing because the rate of change of h is
positive/increasing over that interval.

c) From point C to point D, the rate of change of h is increasing/decreasing because the graph of h is
decreasing/concave down over that interval.

Worksheet B: Topic 1.2 Rates of Change Solutions by Ted Gott tedg20776@gmail.com Created by Bryan Passwater

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