SOLUTION: Determine the difference quotient f(x+h)-f(x)/ h. f(x)=9x^2-2

SOLUTION: Determine the difference quotient f(x+h)-f(x)/ h. f(x)=9x^2-2

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Question 841212: Determine the difference quotient f(x+h)-f(x)/ h. f(x)=9x^2-2

Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Notation is important. You wrote this:

but you really mean this:

Just form the expression using and simplify.

----look carefully in numerator for additive inverses

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