document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=3540>Question 3540</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> find f(-2)for the function f(x)=6^x </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #1569 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=longjonsilver><B>longjonsilver(2297)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=longjonsilver><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=longjonsilver><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=1569\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> functions are very straight forward. In the main, it is a more \"professional\" way of writing y= all the time.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "f(x) = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6%5Ex ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6%5Ex\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > means exactly the same as <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=6%5Ex ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=6%5Ex\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "f(-2) means x is -2, so put that value in the equation, to give f(-2) = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6%5E%28-2%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6%5E%28-2%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can work this out on your calculator to give a long decimal, that you have no idea what it means or where it came from, or you can do the manipulation by hand: it isn't difficult and it keeps the answer in a form you understand, so here goes:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6%5E%28-2%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6%5E%28-2%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > means <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F6%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F6%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > which is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F36 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F36\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. That is it!\r<BR>\n" );
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