A family is driving home from Georgia. The graph shows the distance away 1 point from home, in miles, as a function of time, in hours. Use the graph to estimate the average rate of change from t=0 to t=7.2. **Round answer to 1 decimal place. ***

Answer :

Basically we need to find the slope:

[tex]\begin{gathered} avg=\frac{f(b)-f(a)}{b-a} \\ \text{Where:} \\ a=0 \\ b=7.2 \\ f(a)=420 \\ f(b)=0 \\ avg=\frac{0-420}{7.2-0}=\frac{-420}{7.2}=-\frac{175}{3}\approx-58.33 \end{gathered}[/tex]