Question

1. Consider f(x) = 3x - 5

Answer 1

Answer:

3

Step-by-step explanation:

Here we have the function

$f(x)=3x-5$

We want to find the following ratio:

$\frac{f(x+h)-f(x)}{h}$

Note that the limit of this for $h\rightarrow 0$ is equivalent to the derivative of the function.

Here we have:

$f(x+h)=3(x+h)-5=3x+3h-5$

And

$f(x)=3x-5$

Therefore we have

$f(x+h)-f(x)=3x+3h-5-(3x-5)=3h$

And therefore,

$\frac{f(x+h)-f(x)}{h}=\frac{3h}{h}=3$