A local ice cream shop has a special deal on Thursdays: Buy a waffle cone for $3 and get each scoop of ice cream for $1.50. What would be the rate of change in this word problem?
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3
1/3
1.5/3
1.5
1/1.5
3/1.5
1 answer
The rate of change in this word problem would be $1.50. As each scoop of ice cream is consistently priced at $1.50, the rate at which the price changes does not vary.