Δ y Δ x = f ( b ) − f ( a ) b − a = f ( a + Δ x ) − f ( a ) Δ x {\displaystyle {\frac {\mathrm {\Delta } {y}}{\mathrm {\Delta } {x}}}\mathrm {=} {\frac {{f}{\mathrm {(} }{b}{\mathrm {)} }\mathrm {-} {f}{\mathrm {(} }{a}{\mathrm {)} }}{{b}\mathrm {-} {a}}}\mathrm {=} {\frac {{f}{\mathrm {(} }{a}\mathrm {+} \mathrm {\Delta } {x}{\mathrm {)} }\mathrm {-} {f}{\mathrm {(} }{a}{\mathrm {)} }}{\mathrm {\Delta } {x}}}}