Answer
-15
Work Step by Step
$y = -3x^{3} + 2x^{2} - 4x + 1$ between x = -2 and x = 1
To find the rate of change, you have to use the rate of change formula:
$\frac{f(b)−f(a)}{b−a}$
In this problem, the starting point is -2 and the end point is 1. Therefore, a = -2 and b = 1.
Since you know the a and b values, you can plug them into the formula:
$\frac{(-3\times (1)^{3}+2\times 1^{2}-4(1)+1) - (-3\times (-2)^{3}+2\times -2^{2}-4(-2)+1) }{1-(-2)}$
= $\frac{(-4)-(41)}{3}$
= $\frac{-45}{3}$
= -15
Therefore, the average rate of change is -15.
