MHF4U Unit #1 Rates of Change

Name: ___________________
Multiple Choice [1 mark each] /30
____ 1. A student is walking in a straight line in front of a motion sensor. What does he need to do to produce a
horizontal segment on the distance versus time graph?
a. stand in place c. move slowly toward the sensor
b. move quickly away from the sensor d. move quickly toward the sensor
____ 2. The slope of which type of line represents the average rate of change of a function over an interval?
a. sine line c. horizontal line
b. tangent line d. secant line
____ 3. During which interval of time is the speed the greatest using the distance time graph below?
d ( m)
10

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a. c. 8
b. d. 7

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____ 4. Which statement about is true?
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a. instantaneous rate of change is negative for all values of x
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b. instantaneous rate of change is the same for all values of x
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c. instantaneous rate of change is 0 for some value of x
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d. instantaneous rate of change is positive for all values of x
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 t ( s)

____ 5. Which graph models walking directly away from a motion sensor at a constant rate?
a. d
c. d

8 8

7 7

6 6

5 5

4 4

3 3

2 2

1 1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 t 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 t

b. d
d. d

8 8

7 7

6 6

5 5

4 4

3 3

2 2

1
1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 t
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 t

____ 6. Martin walks 5 m toward a motion sensor over the course of 10 s, at a constant speed. What would be the
slope of the segment representing this walk on a distance versus time graph?
a. c. 2
 b. d. 2
d ( m)
10
____ 7. What is the speed at which an object is travelling between 9
t = 6 s and t = 10 s if the graph right is the distance 8
versus time graph for the object? 7

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a. 0 m/s c. 0.75 m/s 5
b. 1.33 m/s d. 2.5 m/s
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 t ( s)

____ 8. For which value of x is the instantaneous rate of change in the function graphed below negative?
y
2

a. 5 c. 3 1

b. 1 d. 1 –3 –2 –1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 x
–1

–2

–3

–4

–5

–6

–7

–8

____ 9. Andrea walks 5 m toward a motion sensor over the course of 10 s, at a constant
speed. What would be the slope of the segment representing this walk on a speed
versus time graph?
a. 2 c. 0
b. d.

____ 10. A stone falls from the edge of a cliff into the sea below. The height of the stone after t seconds is
described by the function , where h(t) is measured in metres. What is the average rate
of change in the height of the stone from t = 4 s to t = 5 s?
a. 44.1 m/s c. 24.5 m/s
b. 19.6 m/s d. 24.5 m/s
d ( m)
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____ 11. A student walks in a straight line in front of a motion sensor.
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The distance versus time graph is shown right.
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On which interval is the student’s distance
from the motion sensor decreasing? 7

a. c. 4

b. d. 3

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 t ( s)

____ 12. Which expression represents the average rate of change of the function over the
interval ?
 a. c.

b. d.

____ 13. What is the average rate of change for the function over the interval ?
a. 12 c. 3
b. 4 d. 4

____ 14. What is the total distance travelled during the walk
represented by the speed versus time graph right?

a. 12 m c. 8m
b. 30 m d. 26 m

____ 15. The population of a town is modelled by (𝑡) = −1𝑡 + 12𝑡 + 4, where P(t) is the size of the population
in thousands and t is the number of years since 2000.
What is the average rate of change in the population size from 2005 to 2010?
a. 3 people/year c. 3000 people/year
b. 10 000 people/year d. 15 000 people/year

16. A sports store selling tennis balls determines that the amount of sales from the selling tennis balls is given by the
function 𝑀(𝑥) = 180𝑥 − 2𝑥 , on the interval 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 52, where M is measured in dollars and x is measured in
weeks. Determine the rate of sales of tennis balls in week 3. Include units!!! [6 marks]
17. A sports store selling tennis balls determines that the amount of sales from the selling tennis balls is given by the
function 𝑀(𝑥) = 180𝑥 − 2𝑥 , on the interval 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 52, where M is measured in dollars and x is measured in
weeks. Determine the average rate of sales of from week 3 to week 52. Include units!!![3 marks]

18. The height of a bird swooping down towards the ground to eat a dragon fly is represented by the equation
𝑃(𝑡) = 𝑡 − 8𝑡 + 18 where 𝑃(𝑡) is the height of the bird in metres and t is is the time in seconds.
Prove the height of the bird reaches a minimum or maximum at t = 4 AND state what the minimum/ maximum
height is. [6 marks]