You probably mean
[f(x+h)-f(x)]/h .
Just plug in the numbers.
[(3-5x-5h)^1/2 -(3-5x)^1/2)]/h
The harder part is taking the limit as h -> 0, which is the derivative of the function.
for f(x)= (3-5x)^1/2,
find f(x+h)-f(x)/h
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