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by **greengreengreenred** on Fri Aug 17, 2012 3:25 am

My Calculus summer assignment gave me this algebra problem.
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Find f(x + (Delta x)) if f(x)=(x^2)-2x-3
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I'm not sure how to work with Delta x so some tips would be great. I know it means the change in x, but I don't know how to implement that in the problem.

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by **nona.m.nona** on Fri Aug 17, 2012 11:06 am

greengreengreenred wrote:Find f(x + (Delta x)) if f(x)=(x^2)-2x-3

I'm not sure how to work with Delta x so some tips would be great.

For convenience, replace $\Delta x$ with $y$ during the computations of the evaluation of the function $f$ at $x\, +\, \Delta x$ . In other words, evaluate $f(x\, +\, y)$ using the same methods that you studied in your algebra course(s).

by **greengreengreenred** on Fri Aug 17, 2012 11:49 pm

Oh, I understand now. Thank you!

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