if a function is increasing, the average change of rate between any two points must be positive.
You measure the change in the vertical direction (rise) per unit change in the horizontal direction (run). The rate of change is constant between A and B if AB is a straight line. Take any two points, A = (xa, ya) and B = (xb, yb) then the average rate of change, between A and B = (yb- ya)/(xb- xa).
Because of the absence of any separators, it is not possible to tell whether the first point is (4, 36) or 43, 6). Consequently it is not possible to give a proper answer. Since these are both pure numbers, there would be no units to the rate of change.
Find the derivative
You can determine if a rate of change is constant, by taking the instantaneous rate of change at multiple points - if they are all equal to each other, it can be assumed that the rate of change is constant. Alternatively, you can differentiate the function (if there is an associated function) - if this comes to a constant i.e. a number, then the rate of change is constant.
The constant rate of change between two points on a line is called slope.
if a function is increasing, the average change of rate between any two points must be positive.
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The tangent line is the instantaneous rate of change at a point on a curve. The secant line crosses a curve twice at points A and B, representing the average rate of change between those two points.
You measure the change in the vertical direction (rise) per unit change in the horizontal direction (run). The rate of change is constant between A and B if AB is a straight line. Take any two points, A = (xa, ya) and B = (xb, yb) then the average rate of change, between A and B = (yb- ya)/(xb- xa).
That's called the line's slope.
We define the rate of change between any two linear points as the slope, and designate it with the letter m. m = delta y over delta x.
It is a rate of change that is not the same at all points - in time or space.
They are the same for a straight line but for any curve, the slope will change from point to point whereas the average rate of change (between two points) will remain the same.
You find the average rate of change of the function. That gives you the derivative on different points of the graph.
To find the average rate of change over an interval, you can calculate the difference in the function values at the endpoints of the interval, and then divide by the difference in the input values. This gives you the slope of the secant line connecting the two points, which represents the average rate of change over that interval.
Distance is the path between two points.