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Find the difference quotient of \(\displaystyle f(x)=6 x^{3} - 8 x^{2} - x - 3\) .
The difference quotient is \(\displaystyle \frac{f(x+h)-f(x)}{h}\). Evaluating \(\displaystyle f(x+h)=- h - x + 6 \left(h + x\right)^{3} - 8 \left(h + x\right)^{2} - 3\) and expanding gives \(\displaystyle f(x+h)=6 h^{3} + 18 h^{2} x - 8 h^{2} + 18 h x^{2} - 16 h x - h + 6 x^{3} - 8 x^{2} - x - 3\) Evaluating the difference quotient gives \(\displaystyle \frac{(6 h^{3} + 18 h^{2} x - 8 h^{2} + 18 h x^{2} - 16 h x - h + 6 x^{3} - 8 x^{2} - x - 3)-(6 x^{3} - 8 x^{2} - x - 3)}{h}\) Simplifying gives \(\displaystyle \frac{6 h^{3} + 18 h^{2} x - 8 h^{2} + 18 h x^{2} - 16 h x - h}{h}=6 h^{2} + 18 h x - 8 h + 18 x^{2} - 16 x - 1\)
\begin{question}Find the difference quotient of $f(x)=6 x^{3} - 8 x^{2} - x - 3$ . \soln{9cm}{The difference quotient is $\frac{f(x+h)-f(x)}{h}$. Evaluating $f(x+h)=- h - x + 6 \left(h + x\right)^{3} - 8 \left(h + x\right)^{2} - 3$ and expanding gives $f(x+h)=6 h^{3} + 18 h^{2} x - 8 h^{2} + 18 h x^{2} - 16 h x - h + 6 x^{3} - 8 x^{2} - x - 3$ Evaluating the difference quotient gives $\frac{(6 h^{3} + 18 h^{2} x - 8 h^{2} + 18 h x^{2} - 16 h x - h + 6 x^{3} - 8 x^{2} - x - 3)-(6 x^{3} - 8 x^{2} - x - 3)}{h}$ Simplifying gives $\frac{6 h^{3} + 18 h^{2} x - 8 h^{2} + 18 h x^{2} - 16 h x - h}{h}=6 h^{2} + 18 h x - 8 h + 18 x^{2} - 16 x - 1$ } \end{question}
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<p> <p>Find the difference quotient of <img class="equation_image" title=" \displaystyle f(x)=6 x^{3} - 8 x^{2} - x - 3 " src="/equation_images/%20%5Cdisplaystyle%20f%28x%29%3D6%20x%5E%7B3%7D%20-%208%20x%5E%7B2%7D%20-%20x%20-%203%20" alt="LaTeX: \displaystyle f(x)=6 x^{3} - 8 x^{2} - x - 3 " data-equation-content=" \displaystyle f(x)=6 x^{3} - 8 x^{2} - x - 3 " /> . </p> </p>
<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)=- h - x + 6 \left(h + x\right)^{3} - 8 \left(h + x\right)^{2} - 3 " src="/equation_images/%20%5Cdisplaystyle%20f%28x%2Bh%29%3D-%20h%20-%20x%20%2B%206%20%5Cleft%28h%20%2B%20x%5Cright%29%5E%7B3%7D%20-%208%20%5Cleft%28h%20%2B%20x%5Cright%29%5E%7B2%7D%20-%203%20" alt="LaTeX: \displaystyle f(x+h)=- h - x + 6 \left(h + x\right)^{3} - 8 \left(h + x\right)^{2} - 3 " data-equation-content=" \displaystyle f(x+h)=- h - x + 6 \left(h + x\right)^{3} - 8 \left(h + x\right)^{2} - 3 " /> and expanding gives <img class="equation_image" title=" \displaystyle f(x+h)=6 h^{3} + 18 h^{2} x - 8 h^{2} + 18 h x^{2} - 16 h x - h + 6 x^{3} - 8 x^{2} - x - 3 " src="/equation_images/%20%5Cdisplaystyle%20f%28x%2Bh%29%3D6%20h%5E%7B3%7D%20%2B%2018%20h%5E%7B2%7D%20x%20-%208%20h%5E%7B2%7D%20%2B%2018%20h%20x%5E%7B2%7D%20-%2016%20h%20x%20-%20h%20%2B%206%20x%5E%7B3%7D%20-%208%20x%5E%7B2%7D%20-%20x%20-%203%20" alt="LaTeX: \displaystyle f(x+h)=6 h^{3} + 18 h^{2} x - 8 h^{2} + 18 h x^{2} - 16 h x - h + 6 x^{3} - 8 x^{2} - x - 3 " data-equation-content=" \displaystyle f(x+h)=6 h^{3} + 18 h^{2} x - 8 h^{2} + 18 h x^{2} - 16 h x - h + 6 x^{3} - 8 x^{2} - x - 3 " /> Evaluating the difference quotient gives <img class="equation_image" title=" \displaystyle \frac{(6 h^{3} + 18 h^{2} x - 8 h^{2} + 18 h x^{2} - 16 h x - h + 6 x^{3} - 8 x^{2} - x - 3)-(6 x^{3} - 8 x^{2} - x - 3)}{h} " src="/equation_images/%20%5Cdisplaystyle%20%5Cfrac%7B%286%20h%5E%7B3%7D%20%2B%2018%20h%5E%7B2%7D%20x%20-%208%20h%5E%7B2%7D%20%2B%2018%20h%20x%5E%7B2%7D%20-%2016%20h%20x%20-%20h%20%2B%206%20x%5E%7B3%7D%20-%208%20x%5E%7B2%7D%20-%20x%20-%203%29-%286%20x%5E%7B3%7D%20-%208%20x%5E%7B2%7D%20-%20x%20-%203%29%7D%7Bh%7D%20" alt="LaTeX: \displaystyle \frac{(6 h^{3} + 18 h^{2} x - 8 h^{2} + 18 h x^{2} - 16 h x - h + 6 x^{3} - 8 x^{2} - x - 3)-(6 x^{3} - 8 x^{2} - x - 3)}{h} " data-equation-content=" \displaystyle \frac{(6 h^{3} + 18 h^{2} x - 8 h^{2} + 18 h x^{2} - 16 h x - h + 6 x^{3} - 8 x^{2} - x - 3)-(6 x^{3} - 8 x^{2} - x - 3)}{h} " /> Simplifying gives <img class="equation_image" title=" \displaystyle \frac{6 h^{3} + 18 h^{2} x - 8 h^{2} + 18 h x^{2} - 16 h x - h}{h}=6 h^{2} + 18 h x - 8 h + 18 x^{2} - 16 x - 1 " src="/equation_images/%20%5Cdisplaystyle%20%5Cfrac%7B6%20h%5E%7B3%7D%20%2B%2018%20h%5E%7B2%7D%20x%20-%208%20h%5E%7B2%7D%20%2B%2018%20h%20x%5E%7B2%7D%20-%2016%20h%20x%20-%20h%7D%7Bh%7D%3D6%20h%5E%7B2%7D%20%2B%2018%20h%20x%20-%208%20h%20%2B%2018%20x%5E%7B2%7D%20-%2016%20x%20-%201%20" alt="LaTeX: \displaystyle \frac{6 h^{3} + 18 h^{2} x - 8 h^{2} + 18 h x^{2} - 16 h x - h}{h}=6 h^{2} + 18 h x - 8 h + 18 x^{2} - 16 x - 1 " data-equation-content=" \displaystyle \frac{6 h^{3} + 18 h^{2} x - 8 h^{2} + 18 h x^{2} - 16 h x - h}{h}=6 h^{2} + 18 h x - 8 h + 18 x^{2} - 16 x - 1 " /> </p> </p>