Compute and simplify the difference quotient $$\frac { f ( x + h ) - f ( x ) } { h } , h \neq 0$$
-$$f ( x ) = 6 x ^ { 2 } + 5 x$$
A) $18 x - 8 h + 10$
B) $12 x + 5$
C) $12 x ^ { 2 } + 6 h + 5 x$
D) $12 x + 6 h + 5$

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The difference quotient simplifies to $12x + 6h + 5$ after substituting $f(x + h)$ and $f(x)$ into the expression and simplifying.

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