You just substitute the value of x in the given equation:
f(x) = 2x^2 - 5
f(-4) = 2 (-4)^2 -5 = 27
f(x) : a name given to the equation
f(-4): refer to the equation when the value of the independent variable x has the value between the brackets.
Forty two plus sixty three that's your answer
875 × .64= 560
answer: 560 employees eat lunch at the cafeteria on Wednesday.
For these problems you have to use PEMDAS so for problem 15 you would do the parentheses first, (21-3) you get 18 and then exponents, 3^2, you get 9, no multiplication but there is division so take your answers, 18 and 9 and divide them, you get 2, so the answer to 15 is 2.
Answer:

Explanation:
05/10
Simplifying
1/2
or 2^-1
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