Follow the order of operations
1. parentheses (13+5) = 18
2. multiplication 21*(13+5) = 21*18 = 378
3. add 9 + 21*(13+5) = 9 + 378 = 387
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Answer:
f(x) = 2x
Step-by-step explanation:
Remark
What I'm about to do is probably not the best way to do this question, but it is right. The plan is to take out a common factor on the right of f(x - 2) and then derive f(x) from that.
Solution
- f(x - 2) = 2x - 4 Take out a common factor on the right of f(x -2)
- f(x - 2) = 2(x - 2) Now what that means is that in the original equation, wherever you saw an x, you put in x - 2. So the original equation must have been
Check
- f(x) = 2x To check this put x - 2 back in
- f(x - 2) = 2(x -2) Remove the brackets.
- f(x - 2) = 2x - 4 which is what it should be.
