Question

in 1932 Tim won the 100-meter freestyle in swimming with a time of 58.2seconds. in 1988 jay won the same event with a time of 48.63 seconds. Find the average rate of change in seconds per year

Answer 1

@mathstudent55

Answer 2

\[Ave~rate~of~change = \frac{ time2 - time1 }{ year2 - year1 }\]

Answer 3

wow that simple... thanks

Answer 4

It is just the slope of a secant line connecting those 2 points on a graph of Run Time vs Year

Answer 5

(time,year) and (time2 , year2)

2 points

Answer 6

Thank you so much for the clarification

Answer 7

welcome