Average Velocity over intervals

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An arrow is shoot up in the air at 50m/s. Its height in meters after t sec. is h=50t-0.36t^2. Find the average velocity over interval [1,1.03], four decimal places.
 
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step1536 said:

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this may help (if I remember it correctly)

[tex]F(x)_{average}=\frac{1}{b-a} \int_{a} ^{b} f(x) dx[/tex]
 
I think this is a simple secant problem where you find the average rate of change between the two points (1, h(1)) and (1.03, h(1.03)) and not the average value of the function.
 
Thanks a lot. I knew that but I wanted to make sure.