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## anonymous 3 years ago f(x)=5x^2 f(x+h)-f(x)/h

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1. anonymous

f(x+h) means where you see the x you add h DO NOT FOCUS ON OTHER NUMBERS

2. anonymous

10x Should be the final answer.

3. anonymous

@Zelda theres no limit here

4. anonymous

5(x+h)^2 -f(5x^2) ??

5. anonymous

yes then divide by h

6. anonymous

5(x^2+2xh+h^2)= 5x^2+10xh+5h^2

7. anonymous

5x^2+10x+5h

8. anonymous

Hey april, is there the word lim as h-> 0 before f(x)?

9. anonymous

5x^2+10xh+5h^2-(5x^2+10x+5h)=

10. anonymous

the answer i have is 10x+5h

11. anonymous

yes but is there any thing like this $\lim_{h \rightarrow 0}$ on the question

12. anonymous

no

13. anonymous

professor answer is 5(2x+h) i dont undestand why i would divide by 5

14. anonymous

It would be (very much) more clear if everyone wouldn't just write peaces of the problem, but the whole thing:$\frac{ f(x+h)-f(x) }{ h }=\frac{ 5(x+h)^2-5x^2 }{ h }=\frac{ 5(x^2+2xh+h^2)-5x^2 }{ h }$See? Just keep on writing the complete fraction, simpifying it along the way, until you're done:$\frac{ 5x^2+10xh+5h^2-5x^2 }{ h }=\frac{ 10xh+5h^2 }{ h }=\frac{ 5h(2x+h) }{ h }=5(2x+h)$So finally we've lost the fraction! Sooner or later the question of what will happen if h goes to 0 will be asked. Here you see immediately that leads to 10x.

15. anonymous

Of course, you could write the answer also as 10x + 5h

16. anonymous

THANK YOU!

17. anonymous

You're welcome!

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