earthworks1975 wrote:Thanks for your reply! I apologize for not being thorough. I see from my original post that I screwed up typing the problem. The problem is f(x)=x2-2x from x1=3 to x2=6. Sorry!
1. The instructions to the problem state: Find the average rate of change of the function x1 to x2.
So follow the algorithm they gave you: plug the interval endpoints (the x-values) into the formula for f(x), find the corresponding y-values, and find the slope of the line through these two (x, y) points.
earthworks1975 wrote:I did not know what to do with the x2-2x part.
I'm sorry, but I don't understand what this means. How did you find the values for f(x) if you didn't use the formula, x^2 - 2x, for f(x)?