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Sample Task #2

Computing Average Rates of Change
(University of New Mexico)
Find the average rate of change of the function
between x = 0 and x = h.

The student needs to understand that the "average rate of change" is the net change in the function value on the interval divided by length of the interval. The solution requires that the student simplify rational expressions:

 
 
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