Question

A dance competition on television had five elimination rounds. After each elimination, only one-fourth of the contestants were sent to the next round. The table below shows the number of contestants in each round of the competition:

x 1 2 3 4 5
f(x) 512 128 32 8 2


Compute the average rate of change of f(x) from x = 2 to x = 4, and describe what it represents.

CHOICES:

-60 contestants per round, and it represents the average rate at which the number of contestants changed from the second round to the fourth round

-120 contestants per round, and it represents the average rate

Answer 1

-60 contestants per round, and it represents the number of contestants who will reach the final round

-120 contestants per round, and it represents the number of contestants who will reach the final round

Answer 2

I think it's A but I'm not entirely sure.

Answer 3

Were you right?

Answer 4

I wuz right

Answer 5

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