The function f is defined by a polynomial…

x f(x)
____________
-5 0
-1 36
0 0
1 6
2 0

The function f is defined by a polynomial. Some values of x and f(x) are shown in the table above. Which of the following could define f?

A) (x – 5) (x + 2)
B) (x + 5)^2 (x – 2)^3
C) x^2 (x + 5) (x – 2)^2
D) x (x + 5) (x – 2)

Specifically, can you explain why C is correct but D cannot be?

Hi! May you please explain how to find the function for f(x) for number 5 from the practice questions in the “functions” chapter?

Hi! May you please explain how to find the function for f(x) for number 5 from the practice questions in the “functions” chapter? I saw the solution, which said to find f(5+3), and then I got the correct answer, but I wanted to see if there is a function that could be found (as I tried to find it but I found it incorrectly and got an incorrect answer).

Number 2 on the functions practice questions

I’m having a lot of trouble with this problem, could you please break it down for me? It is number 2 on the functions practice questions. “If f(x-1)=x+1 for all values of x, which of the following is equal to f(x+1)?”
A. x+3
B. x+2
C. x-1
D. x-3

If f(x) = 2x + 3 and f(g(x)) = 8x – 1, which of the following equals g(x)? A) 4x-2 B) 4x-1 C) 8x-4 D) 8x-1 E) 16x+23

The way to think about this (for me, anyway) begins with understanding that 2[something] + 3 = 8x – 1, and our job is to figure out what that something is. Since this question gives us answer choices, all we really need to do is try each one as the something to see what works. Since (more…)

The function f is defined by f(r) = (r-4)(r+1)^2 . If f(h-3) = 0, what is one possible value for h? I don’t see the correlation between the two functions. Can you please elucidate? Thank you <3

The thing to remember about functions is that they do the same thing to whatever is inside the parentheses. So don’t worry about the r vs. the h. They could use x, or a little star symbol, or whatever else they want. What matters is that the function f, as defined here, will equal zero (more…)

The figure above shows the graph of the function f(x)=ax +b, where a and b are constants. What is the slope of the graph of the function g(x)=-2f(x)

Note that f(x) is a line in slope-intercept form, where a is the slope and b is the intercept. Once you recognize that, you just need to know that, notationally, the –2 in front of f(x) means you multiply the whole thing by –2. So: That’s still a line, but now the slope is –2a. from Tumblr (more…)