document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1015180>Question 1015180</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I am struggling with the difference of quotient problems. This one in particular f(x+h)-f(x) and this all over h\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "f(x)=-9x+5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Can someone please help me with this I have gone over the book and with it being the weekend I am not sure I can get an answer from my professor; its an online college algebra class. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "f(x)=-9x+5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "f(x+h) = -9*(x+h) + 5 = -9x-9h + 5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "f(x+h)-f(x) = -9x-9h +5 - (-9x+5) = -9h<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "[f(x+h)-f(x)]/h = -9h/h = -9<BR>\n" );
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