College Algebra (10th Edition)

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Chapter 3 - Section 3.1 - Functions - 3.1 Assess Your Understanding - Page 212: 87

Answer

$ \displaystyle \frac{6}{(x+h+3)(x+3)}$

Work Step by Step

$f(x)=\displaystyle \frac{2x}{x+3}$ $\displaystyle \frac{f(x+h)-f(x)}{h}=\frac{1}{h}\cdot (\frac{2(x+h)}{x+h+3}-\frac{2x}{x+3})$ ... LCD=$(x+h+3)(x+3)$ $=\displaystyle \frac{1}{h}\cdot\frac{2(x+h)(x+3)-2x(x+3+h)}{(x+h+3)(x+3)}$ $=\displaystyle \frac{1}{h}\cdot \frac{2x^{2}+6x+2hx+6h-2x^{2}-6x-2xh}{(x+h+3)(x+3)}$ $=\displaystyle \frac{1}{h}\cdot \frac{6h}{(x+h+3)(x+3)}$ ... h cancels $= \displaystyle \frac{6}{(x+h+3)(x+3)}$
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