Problem

Find and simplify the difference quotient $\frac{f(x+h)-f(x)}{h}, h \neq 0$ for the given function \[ f(x)=5 x^{2} \] \[ \frac{f(x+h)-f(x)}{h}=\square \text { (Simplify your answer.) } \]

Solution

Step 1 :Substitute \(x+h\) into the function to get \(f(x+h) = 5(x+h)^2\).

Step 2 :Subtract \(f(x)\) from this to get \(f(x+h) - f(x) = 5(x+h)^2 - 5x^2\).

Step 3 :Divide this by \(h\) to get the difference quotient.

Step 4 :Simplify the difference quotient to get \(5h + 10x\).

Step 5 :The simplified difference quotient is \(\boxed{5h + 10x}\).

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