Precalculus (6th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 013421742X
ISBN 13: 978-0-13421-742-0

Chapter 2 - Graphs and Functions - 2.8 Function Operations and Composition - 2.8 Exercises - Page 288: 47

Answer

$\color{blue}{\bf{(a) -2x-2h+5 }}$ $\color{blue}{\bf{(b) -2h }}$ $\color{blue}{\bf{(c) -2 }}$

Work Step by Step

We are given the function: $\bf{f(x)= -2x + 5 }$ $\bf{(a)}$ We are asked to find $f(x+h)$ $ -2 (x+h) +5 $ $\color{blue}{\bf{ -2x-2h+5 }}$ $\bf{(b)}$ We are asked to find $f(x+h)-f(x)$ $ -2x-2h+5 -( -2x + 5 )$ $ -2x-2h+5 +2x - 5 $ $\color{blue}{\bf{ -2h }}$ $\bf{(c)}$ We are asked to find $\dfrac{f(x+h)-f(x)}{h}$ $\dfrac{ -2h }{h}$ $\color{blue}{\bf{ -2 }}$
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