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Rate of Change Word Problems Guide

This document contains a series of word problems related to calculating rates of change. It asks the reader to identify whether rates of change are positive, negative, zero or undefined based on how the dependent and independent variables change. It then provides examples of calculating rates of change based on data given in various word problems about altitude, depth, weight, temperature, money in savings accounts, speed and baseball hits over time. It concludes with problems calculating the slope of lines between two points.

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Rate of Change Word Problems Guide

This document contains a series of word problems related to calculating rates of change. It asks the reader to identify whether rates of change are positive, negative, zero or undefined based on how the dependent and independent variables change. It then provides examples of calculating rates of change based on data given in various word problems about altitude, depth, weight, temperature, money in savings accounts, speed and baseball hits over time. It concludes with problems calculating the slope of lines between two points.

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Word problems involving rate of change


1. When the dependent variable increases when the independent variable increases, the rate of change is (Positive,
negative, zero, undefined) circle one.

2. When the dependent variable stays the same as the independent variable increases, the rate of change is (Positive,
negative, zero, undefined) circle one.

3. When the dependent variable decreases as the independent variable increase, the rate of change is (Positive,
negative, zero, undefined) circle one.

4. When the dependent variable increase as the independent variable stays the same, the rate of change is (Positive,
negative, zero, undefined) circle one.

Find the rate of change


(Hint: word problems are units Identify what you are given and determine the unit and the time.)
time
Write the ordered pair (time, units).
5.

X Y
20 35
25 40

6. A climber is on a hike. After 2 hours he is at an altitude of 400 feet. After 6 hours, he is at an altitude of 700 feet.
What is the average rate of change?

7. A scuba diver is 30 feet below the surface of the water 10 seconds after he entered the water and 100 feet below
the surface after 40 seconds. What is the scuba divers rate of change?

8. A rocket is 1 mile above the earth in 30 seconds and 5 miles above the earth in 2.5 minutes. What is the rockets
rate of change in miles per second? What about miles per minute.

9. A teacher weighed 145 lbs in 1986 and weighs 190 lbs in 2007. What was the rate of change in weight?

10. Over the last 50 years, the average temperature has increased by 2.5 degrees worldwide (I made this up). What is
the rate of change in worldwide temperatures per year?

11. Michael started a savings account with $300. After 4 weeks, he had $350 dollars, and after 9 weeks, he had
$400. What is the rate of change of money in his savings account per week?

12. A plane left Chicago at 8:00 A.M. At 1: P.M., the plane landed in Los Angeles, which is 1500 miles away. What
was the average speed of the plane for the trip?

13. After 30 baseball games, A-Rod had 25 hits. If after 100 games he had 80 hits, what is his average hits per
baseball game.

Find the slope of a line that has these points

14. (8,2) and (11,3)

15. (8,0) and (8, 6)

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