Membership to a national running club is shown in the table. which answer describes the average rate of change from year 3 to year 5? year: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 members(thousands): 87.5, 88.3, 96.8, 87.2, 83.6 answers: membership decreased by an average of 6,600 people per year from year 3 to year 5. membership increased by an average of 13,200 people per year from year 3 to year 5. membership decreased by an average of 13,200 people per year from year 3 to year 5. membership increased by an average of 6,600 people per year from year 3 to year 5.

Membership decreased by an average of 6,600 people per year from Year 3 to Year 5

Step-by-step explanation:

The average rate of change from Year 3 to Year 5 will be given by the slope of the line joining the points;

(3, 96.8) and (5, 83.6)

The slope of a line given two points is calculated as;

( change in y)/( change in x)

In this case y is the number of members for a given year x.

average rate of change = (83.6-96.8)/(5-3)

                                        = -6.6

Since the number of members is given in thousands, we have;

-6,600

The negative sign implies a decrease in the number of members. Therefore, membership decreased by an average of 6,600 people per year from Year 3 to Year 5

step-by-step explanation:

equation

you are asked to write the equation

  expression = 0

using the given expression. when you do that, you have

  2x^2-2x-12 = 0

factoring

you can see that each of the coefficients is even, so a factor of 2 can be removed immediately.

  2(x^2 -x -6) = 0

if you multiply the binomials (x+a)(x+b), you get

  (x +a)(x +b) = x^2 +(a+b)x +ab

this tells you the coefficient of x is the sum of two factors of the constant term. here, that means -1 is the sum of two factors of -6. we want to know those factors so we can factor the trinomial.

  -6 = -1×6 = -2×3 = -3×2 = -6×1

the factor pair that sums to -1 is {-3, 2}, so our factorization is

  2(x -3)(x +2) = 0

solutions

the solutions to this equation are the values of x that make the product zero. a product is zero only when only of the factors of the product is zero. here, that means

  x - 3 = 0

  x = 3 . . . add 3 to both sides of the equation

or

  x +2 = 0

  x = -2 . . . add -2 to both sides of the equation

the solutions to the equation are x=3 or x=-2. both of these values of x satisfy the equation—they make it be true.

a. she will receive a refund of $278.

step-by-step explanation: