Adance competition on television had five elimination rounds. after each elimination, only one-fourth of the contestants were sent to the next round. the table below shows the number of contestants in each round of the competition:

compute the average rate of change of f(x) from x = 2 to x = 4 and describe what it represents. (1 point)

x 1 2 3 4 5
f(x) 512 128 32 8 2

−60 contestants per round, and it represents the average rate at which the number of contestants changed from the second round to the fourth round

−120 contestants per round, and it represents the average rate at which the number of contestants changed from the second round to the fourth round

−60 contestants per round, and it represents the number of contestants who will reach the final round

−120 contestants per round, and it represents the number of contestants who will reach the final round