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To calculate the rate of change we first need to know the change, or difference, from the previous point for each value. These calculations and answers are shown in the table below. 0 hours 24 hours ...

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When a relationship between two variables is defined by a curve it means that the gradient, or rate of change is always varying. An average speed for a journey can be found from a distance-time graph ...

Figure 1: Changing temperature in California. We performed all analyses using both mean annual temperature (°C) and total annual precipitation (mm). Future temperature and precipitation projections ...