SOLUTION: Determine algebraically whether the function is even, odd, or neither. f(x) = -5x2 + 4

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Question 1041439: Determine algebraically whether the function is even, odd, or neither.
f(x) = -5x2 + 4

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If then is an even function. If then is an odd function. If neither relation holds, then is neither odd nor even.

So, you gotta ask yourself is



equal to



Or is



equal to



or neither?

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it


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