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Computing Average Rate of Change from a Table

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After picking up a friend who lives 10 miles away and leaving on a trip, Anna records her distance from home over time. The values are shown in the table. Find her average speed over the first 6 hours.

t (hours)	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
D(t) (miles)	10	55	90	153	214	240	292	300

OpenStax Algebra and Trigonometry 2e, 3.3 Rates of Change and Behavior of Graphs, exercise 9

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