A chess competition has eliminations each round. The table below shows the number of players in each of the first 5 rounds of the tournament:

Round (x)12345

Players f(x)256128643216

Compute the average rate of change of f(x) from x = 1 to x = 5 and identify the meaning of that rate.

A.) 60; on average, there was a loss of 60 each round

B.)240; on average, there was a loss of 240 each round

C.) 4; there were 4 rounds between rounds 1 and 5

D.) 240; there were 240 fewer players between rounds 1 and 5