-15 and -42 both add to -57 and multiply to 630
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Hello!</h2>
The answer is:
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Why?</h2>
To solve the problem we need to add/subtract like terms. We need to remember that like terms are the terms that share the same variable and the same exponent.
For example, we have:
We have that we were able to add just the terms that were sharing the same variable and exponenr (x for this case).
So, we are given the expression:
Hence, the answer is:
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In order to solve this, we need to select the function that meets our constraints. Since x^2 - 5 occurs when x is less than 3, and the x-value we are given is -4, we use the first function.
f(-4) = (-4)^2 - 5
f(-4) = 16 - 5
f(-4) = 11