SOLUTION: Find the difference quotient for the function: f(x)=-5x+3

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Question 214798: Find the difference quotient for the function:
f(x)=-5x+3
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!




The difference quotient is the slope of the line that
contains the two points (x,f(x)) and (x+h,f(x+h))





And indeed because  is in the form 

as we expected the slope to be 

Edwin
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