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Find the difference quotient of \(\displaystyle f(x)=5 x - 10\) .

The difference quotient is \(\displaystyle \frac{f(x+h)-f(x)}{h}\). Evaluating \(\displaystyle f(x+h)=5 h + 5 x - 10\) and expanding gives \(\displaystyle f(x+h)=5 h + 5 x - 10\) Evaluating the difference quotient gives \(\displaystyle \frac{(5 h + 5 x - 10)-(5 x - 10)}{h}\) Simplifying gives \(\displaystyle \frac{5 h}{h}=5\)

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    \soln{9cm}{The difference quotient is $\frac{f(x+h)-f(x)}{h}$. Evaluating $f(x+h)=5 h + 5 x - 10$ and expanding gives $f(x+h)=5 h + 5 x - 10$  Evaluating the difference quotient gives $\frac{(5 h + 5 x - 10)-(5 x - 10)}{h}$ Simplifying gives $\frac{5 h}{h}=5$ }

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<p> <p>Find the difference quotient of  <img class="equation_image" title=" \displaystyle f(x)=5 x - 10 " src="/equation_images/%20%5Cdisplaystyle%20f%28x%29%3D5%20x%20-%2010%20" alt="LaTeX:  \displaystyle f(x)=5 x - 10 " data-equation-content=" \displaystyle f(x)=5 x - 10 " />  . </p> </p>
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<p> <p>The difference quotient is  <img class="equation_image" title=" \displaystyle \frac{f(x+h)-f(x)}{h} " src="/equation_images/%20%5Cdisplaystyle%20%5Cfrac%7Bf%28x%2Bh%29-f%28x%29%7D%7Bh%7D%20" alt="LaTeX:  \displaystyle \frac{f(x+h)-f(x)}{h} " data-equation-content=" \displaystyle \frac{f(x+h)-f(x)}{h} " /> . Evaluating  <img class="equation_image" title=" \displaystyle f(x+h)=5 h + 5 x - 10 " src="/equation_images/%20%5Cdisplaystyle%20f%28x%2Bh%29%3D5%20h%20%2B%205%20x%20-%2010%20" alt="LaTeX:  \displaystyle f(x+h)=5 h + 5 x - 10 " data-equation-content=" \displaystyle f(x+h)=5 h + 5 x - 10 " />  and expanding gives  <img class="equation_image" title=" \displaystyle f(x+h)=5 h + 5 x - 10 " src="/equation_images/%20%5Cdisplaystyle%20f%28x%2Bh%29%3D5%20h%20%2B%205%20x%20-%2010%20" alt="LaTeX:  \displaystyle f(x+h)=5 h + 5 x - 10 " data-equation-content=" \displaystyle f(x+h)=5 h + 5 x - 10 " />   Evaluating the difference quotient gives  <img class="equation_image" title=" \displaystyle \frac{(5 h + 5 x - 10)-(5 x - 10)}{h} " src="/equation_images/%20%5Cdisplaystyle%20%5Cfrac%7B%285%20h%20%2B%205%20x%20-%2010%29-%285%20x%20-%2010%29%7D%7Bh%7D%20" alt="LaTeX:  \displaystyle \frac{(5 h + 5 x - 10)-(5 x - 10)}{h} " data-equation-content=" \displaystyle \frac{(5 h + 5 x - 10)-(5 x - 10)}{h} " />  Simplifying gives  <img class="equation_image" title=" \displaystyle \frac{5 h}{h}=5 " src="/equation_images/%20%5Cdisplaystyle%20%5Cfrac%7B5%20h%7D%7Bh%7D%3D5%20" alt="LaTeX:  \displaystyle \frac{5 h}{h}=5 " data-equation-content=" \displaystyle \frac{5 h}{h}=5 " />  </p> </p>