IB skill practice

Interpret average rate of change

Calculate and interpret average rates of change from data or models.

Paper 2 5 marks Difficulty 1

Interpret average rate of change - average rate B4

A quantity changes from \(54\) to \(24\) over \(5\) hours. Enter the average rate of change.

Worked practice: result and interpretation

Calculate the requested result first, then choose the interpretation that follows from it.