document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=197688>Question 197688</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I'm not quite sure what this question is asking, can you help?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Express the rule in function notation. (For example, the rule \"square, then subtract 5\" is expressed as the function f(x) = x^2 - 5.)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Divide by 7, then subtract 3 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "f(x)=?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "thanks! </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #148234 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=148234\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> First, take an unknown number \"x\" and divide it by 7 to get <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2F7 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2F7\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. Now subtract 3 from that result to get <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2F7-3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2F7-3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the function is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=f%28x%29=x%2F7-3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"f%28x%29=x%2F7-3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > </SPAN>\n" );
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