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📚 Glossary Term

Rate of Change

📖
Definition How much the output changes for each unit change in the input.

🧒 In Simple Words

Rate of change tells how fast one quantity goes up or down compared with another.

📌 Example

A plant that grows 2 centimeters each week has a rate of change of 2 centimeters per week.

âœī¸ Use It in a Sentence

"We compared the rate of change of two phone plans."

🔗 Related Terms

SlopeLinear Relationshipy-Intercept