document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=30254>Question 30254</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> evaluate each function rule for x= -2 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    f[x]=x-2         \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " f[x]= 1/2x+2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #16995 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=16995\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+f%28x%29+=+x-2+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+f%28x%29+=+x-2+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Not sure what you meant to write for the second one...it is ambiguous. You need to use brackets to collect terms together to remove the ambiguity. I shall assume you meant:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you meant to write <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+f%28x%29+=+1%2F%282x%2B2%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+f%28x%29+=+1%2F%282x%2B2%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > then learn to use brackets more in your maths language and now you can do this one :-)... the answer is -1/2.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "jon<BR>\n" );
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