What is the average rate of change of the function f given by $f(x)=x^4-5x$ on the closed interval [0,3]?

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Answer 1 · 2015-03-06T17:57:06

It is 22.

The average rate of change of a function, $f$ on the inteval $[0,3]$ is $(f(3)-f(0))/(3-0)$ Which in this case, is $((81-15)-(0))/(3-0)=66/3=22$ .

What is the average rate of change of the function f given by f(x)=x^4-5xf(x)=x^4-5x on the closed interval [0,3]?