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) About Me  (Show Source):
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f%28x%29=-5x%2B3

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 f%28x%29 is in the form f%28x%29=mx%2Bb

as we expected the slope to be m=-5

Edwin