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6.º a 8.º gradoAnalysisPlanificado

Graphs of change

Reading and sketching graphs that show how one quantity changes with another, such as distance against time, and interpreting steepness as rate of change.

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  • Interpret distance–time and other real-world graphs, describing where a quantity increases, decreases or stays constant.
  • Compute average rates of change between two points of a graph or table.
  • Sketch a graph from a verbal description, and describe a situation from a graph.

Definición

  • The average rate of change of y between x = a and x = b is (y(b) − y(a))/(b − a).
  • A graph is increasing on an interval if y gets larger whenever x gets larger within that interval.

Teorema

  • On a distance–time graph, the slope of a segment is the average speed over that time interval.
  • A horizontal segment means the quantity is not changing.
  • Two situations can have the same average rate over an interval but behave differently within it.

Errores frecuentes

  • Reading a distance–time graph as a picture of the path travelled, such as a hill.
  • Thinking a steeper graph means a larger quantity rather than a faster change.

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Descubrimientos opcionales

  • Introductory calculus Shrinking the interval turns an average rate of change into an instantaneous rate: the derivative.