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OpenStudy (anonymous):

What exactly does h repersent in a difference quotient?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@mathmath333 Are you busy?

OpenStudy (mathmath333):

no

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Do you know what h repersents when youre trying to find the derivitave?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Or is it just a variable

OpenStudy (mathmath333):

provide more detail please

OpenStudy (anonymous):

They told me to use (f(x+h) - f(x))/h

OpenStudy (mathmath333):

ohk

OpenStudy (mathmath333):

may be this will help http://www.mathsisfun.com/calculus/derivatives-introduction.html

OpenStudy (mathmath333):

i think it is the change in value.

OpenStudy (unklerhaukus):

\(h=\Delta x = \) the increment in \(x\) in the limit this increment gets infinitesimally small \(\to dx\)

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