What is the average rate of change from x = 1 to x = 3 for the function g(x) = ln (x + 2)?

Round the answer to the nearest hundredth

Question

What is the average rate of change from x = 1 to x = 3 for the function g(x) = ln (x + 2)? 

Round the answer to the nearest hundredth

perl · Answer

$$\Large{ 	extrm{average rate of change}
=\frac{g(3)-g(1)}{3-1}
\ =\frac{\ln(3+2)-\ln(1+2)}{3-1}
}$$

anonymous · Answer

I'm not sure if my calculator did this correctly, but the answer I was given was 0.24

anonymous · Answer

Though, I typed it in a different way and was given the answer: 1.17

perl · Answer

anonymous · Answer

Thank you so much! I typed it in incorrectly, I can see now.. I appreciate this so much! I hope you have a wonderful day!