document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=239140>Question 239140</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> please help me solve this equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The function, f(x)=2x^3-3x, is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a.even<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b.odd<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c.neither even nor odd<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d.none of the above </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #175647 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jsmallt9><B>jsmallt9(3758)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jsmallt9><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=175647\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Functions are even if f(-x) = f(x). Functions are odd if f(-x) = -f(x). So to determine even or odd (or neither) we need to find f(-x).<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=f%28-x%29=2%28-x%29%5E3-3%28-x%29+=+2%28-x%29%28-x%29%28-x%29+-+3%28-x%29+=+-2x%5E3+%2B+3x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"f%28-x%29=2%28-x%29%5E3-3%28-x%29+=+2%28-x%29%28-x%29%28-x%29+-+3%28-x%29+=+-2x%5E3+%2B+3x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "f(-x) is not equal to f(x) so the function is not even.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f(-x) is equal to -f(x) so the function is odd. </SPAN>\n" );
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