E) John is putting water in an aquarium. After 3 minutes, the
aquarium has 2 gallons of water in it.
How many minutes will it take for the
aquarium to have 42 gallons in it?

correct choice is b

step-by-step explanation:

when you calculate the average rate of change of a function, you are finding the slope of the secant line between the two points. for the function the average rate of change from point to point can be calculated as

to find the average rate of change from day 2 to day 10, note that at day 2, 8 houses were sold, so a(2,8) and at day 10, 2 houses were sold, so b(10,2). thus,

b, i believe, but not sure.