Question

A volleyball playoff competition has eliminations each round. The table below shows the number of teams in each round of the tournament:


Round (x) 1 2 3 4
Teams f(x) 16 8 4 2


Compute the average rate of change of f(x) from x = 1 to x = 4 and identify the meaning of that rate.
negative three over fourteen; on average, there were 3 fewer teams every 14 rounds
negative fourteen over three; on average, there were 14 fewer teams every 3 rounds
3; there were 3 rounds between rounds 1 and 4
14; there were 14 fewer team between rounds 1 and 4

Answer 1

@Elsa213

Answer 2

@misssunshinexxoxo

Answer 3

Seems the rate of change was exactly one half to me

Answer 4

What's half of 16?

Answer 5

8

Answer 6

Half of 8?

Answer 7

4

Answer 8

THat's what you got here Teams f(x) 16 8 4 2

Answer 9

yea

Answer 10

So rate of change is 50%

Answer 11

yea

Answer 12

its goes by halves every time

Answer 13

You got it

Answer 14

A) negative three over fourteen; on average, there were 3 fewer teams every 14 rounds
B) negative fourteen over three; on average, there were 14 fewer teams every 3 rounds
C) 3; there were 3 rounds between rounds 1 and 4
D) 14; there were 14 fewer team between rounds 1 and 4

Answer 15

then which one is it its one of those,

Answer 16

none of them say rate of change is 50%

Answer 17

@misssunshinexxoxo