Question

1. Use the table and the graph to answer the questions.

Function 1
x | -1 | -2 | -3 | 2 | 3 |
y | 3 | 5 | 7 | -3 | -5 |

Function 2
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(a) What is the rate of change for each function? Show your work.
(b) Which function has the greater rate of change?

Answer 1

(a) The rate of change for Function 1 is -2.
The rate of change for Function 2 is -4.
(b) Function 2 has the greater rate of change because -4 is decreasing at a greater rate.

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