document.write( "Question 696573: Is f(x) = x^5 x an even or odd or neither odd nor even function? This is my attemp. F(-x) =(-x)^5 -x=-(x^5 x) \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "The rules are:\r\n" );
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document.write( "1. Substitute (-x) for x in the equation\r\n" );
document.write( "2. Simplify\r\n" );
document.write( "3. (a) If the right side is exactly the same as the \r\n" );
document.write( "original right side, then its graph is symmetrical\r\n" );
document.write( "with respect to the y-axis.\r\n" );
document.write( "   (b) If the right side is like the original except \r\n" );
document.write( "that it is multiplied by -1, then it is an odd function,\r\n" );
document.write( "and is reflected in the origin.\r\n" );
document.write( "   (c) If neither (a) or (b) apply then it is neither\r\n" );
document.write( "an even function or an odd function.\r\n" );
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document.write( "     f(x) = x5 \r\n" );
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document.write( "1.  f(-x) = (-x)5\r\n" );
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document.write( "2.  f(-x) = -x5 \r\n" );
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document.write( "That's the right side of the original multiplied\r\n" );
document.write( "through by -1.  Therefore it's odd.  \r\n" );
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