The sign of an average rate comes from the directed change between the interval’s endpoints. We’ll read the initial and final points from left to right, determine the signs of both output and input changes, and use their quotient. The secant’s tilt provides a visual check: rising, falling, or level behavior should agree with the computed sign.
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