Question

What is the difference between the average rate of change and instantaneous rate of change?

Answer 1

average rate of change is slope formula?

Answer 2

average rate of change is found over an interval of time
instantaneous rate of change is found at a time

Answer 3

average rate of change is the slope formula yes!

Answer 4

instantaneous change is the rate of change at a specific point in time


whereas the average rate is the rate of change over time.

Answer 5

instantaneous rate of change is slope at a point (ie derivative at a given point)
f'(a)

Answer 6

yes! :)

Answer 7

thanks, helps to recite (talk about math) one of Cornell's 5 Rs