Answer:
-3 or decreasing by 3
Explanation:
To find the average change, you only care about the first and last point which would be (3,17) and (8,2)
the overall change during that time is 2-17=-15 (for the f(x) side )
the overall change during that time is 8-3=5(for the x side)
all we have to do is -15/5=-3
therefore the average rate of change is -3