Given f (x) = 17 minus x squared, what is the average rate of change in f(x) over the interval [1, 5]?

Val and tony get paid per project. val is paid a project fee of $44 plus $12 per hour. tony is paid a project fee of $35 plus $15 per hour. write an expression to represent how much a company will pay to hire both to work the same number of hours on a project.