mila reads at the rate of 2 paragraphs per minute. After reading for 3 minutes, she had read a total of 6 paragraphs. This situation can be represented with a linear equation written in point-slope form, where x represents the number of minutes and y represents the number of paragraphs. Use this information to complete each statement about the linear equations.

Given f(x) = 17-x^2what is the average rate of change in f(x) over the interval [1, 5]?

What is the quotient of -3/8and-1/3?

Ms. sutton recorded the word counts and scores of the top ten essays in a timed writing contest. the table shows her data. how does the word count of an essay relate to its score in the contest? word count tends to decrease as the score decreases. word count tends to increase as the score decreases. word count tends to remain constant as the score decreases. word count has no apparent relationship to the score of the essay.