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?
1.5/3
1/1.5
3
1.5
1/3
3/1.5
The rate of change in this word problem can be calculated by dividing the change in the cost of ice cream scoops by the change in the number of scoops.
In this case, the cost of each scoop of ice cream is $1.50 and the number of scoops does not change. Therefore, the rate of change would be 0.