We want to get the difference quotient for the given function, we will get see that the difference quotient is equal to:
f'(x) = 2x + 5
<h3>The difference quotient:</h3>
For a given function f(x), we define the difference quotient as:
In this case, we have:
f(x) = x^2 + 5x + 6
Replacing that in the difference quotient we get:
Now we can cancel the factor h to get:
So the difference quotient is equal to 2x + 5.
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