Let and .
a) Which function is growing faster?



b) Graph both and on your own piece of paper, then compute the average rate of change for both functions on the intervals and .

What is the average rate of change of:
on the interval :

on the interval

on the interval

on the interval

c) Which function has a greater average rate of change on these intervals? Be sure to decide if this agrees with what you expected.



Hint: