Answer:
This question is incomplete, so I can not give you an exact answer, but I can give you the answer for the general case.
If we have a function f(x), the average rate of change between the values:
x = a and x = b,
is given by:
[tex]r = \frac{f(b) - f(a)}{b - a}[/tex]
So if we want to find the rate of change from:
x = -1 to x = 1
it is just:
[tex]r = \frac{f(1) - f(-1)}{1 - (-1)} = \frac{f(1) - f(-1)}{2}[/tex]
So just to show an example, if:
f(x) = 3*x^2 - 5
the average rate of change in that interval will be:
[tex]r = \frac{f(1) - f(-1)}{2} = \frac{3*1^2 - 5 - (3*(-1)^2 - 5)}{2} = \frac{-2 - (-2)}{2} = 0[/tex]
