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In Exercise, classify the following as exhibiting average rate of change or instantaneous...

In Exercise, classify the following as exhibiting average rate of change or instantaneous rate of change.

Transportation—Ethanol Consumption: The annual consumption of ethanol in the United States from 1996 to 2010 can be modeled by the quadratic function

f(x) = 1.99x2 + 6.26x + 29.76 −4 ≤ x ≤ 10

where x represents the number of years since 2000, and f(x) represents the annual consumption of ethanol in millions of barrels. (Source: U.S. Department of Energy.) The rate of change in cost from 1996 to 2000.

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