Asked by emma

Every year Rockport has a citywide relay and reports the winning times.
Winning relay times
Year Winning time (minutes)
2016 42
2017 28
2018 29
2019 39
2020 38
According to the table, what was the rate of change between 2017 and 2020?
Round your answer to the nearest tenth.
minutes per year

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Rate of change = (38 − 28) / (2020 − 2017) = 10 / 3 ≈ 3.3 minutes per year (increase).