SOLUTION: Given f(x) = 2x² + 3x - 1 Find and simplify: {{{(f(a+h) - f(a))/h}}}

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Question 887179: Given f(x) = 2x² + 3x - 1
Find and simplify:

Answer by josgarithmetic(39618)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Parentheses Added for the Numerator.

Just form the expression and simplify!

, which is only simple substituting. Working into that,









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Much later, you will be interested in what happens to the final expression as h approaches 0. The result would be that the difference quotient approaches .

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