Between 1956 and 2000, the Rate of Change of the Winning

question 25

Multiple Choice

Between 1956 and 2000, the rate of change of the winning times for the 100-meter butterfly at a world-class swimming competition can be described by seconds per year, where t is the number of years since 1900. Find, to four decimal places, the average rate of change of the winning times for the competition from 1956 through 2000.

• A) 0.5076 seconds per year
• B) -0.0154 seconds per year
• C) 0.0002 seconds per year
• D) 0.0083 seconds per year
• E) -0.3192 seconds per year

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