Asked by emma

A restaurant's average food preparation time was tracked from day to day as part of an efficiency improvement program.
Average food preparation time
Day Food preparation time (minutes)
Sunday 51
Monday 31
Tuesday 38
Wednesday 23
Thursday 40
According to the table, what was the rate of change between Monday and Wednesday?
minutes per day

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Rate of change = (23 − 31) / (2 days) = −8 / 2 = −4 minutes per day.

So the preparation time decreased by 4 minutes per day between Monday and Wednesday.