This would be easier for you if you put it in a graph
If you look carefully at the graph, you'll see that the line goes smack through the intersection of x=4 and y=3, and thus "rise" is 3 and "run" is 4.
The slope is then m = rise/run = 4/3.
By the polynomial remainder theorem, because <em>x</em> = 2<em>i</em> is a zero of <em>f(x)</em>, we have no remainder upon dividing <em>f(x)</em> by <em>x</em> - 2<em>i</em>.
Computing the quotient yields

Then if the remainder term is 0, follows that <em>a</em> = -12.
Uhh I think something like y=x+5