document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=74080>Question 74080</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help. What am I doing here?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "In exercise 2, evaluate each function for the value specified.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "f(x)=x^2-7x +10; find (a) f(0), (b) f(5), and (c) f(-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 #53087 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><B>bucky(2189)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><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=53087\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Given:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find: (a) f(0), (b) f(5), and (c) f(-2)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "All this problem require you to do is assign values to x and solve for the given function.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In (a) f(0) means go to the given function and substitute 0 for every x you find. When you<BR>\n" );
document.write( "do that the function is:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=f%280%29=0%5E2-7%2A0+%2B10 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"f%280%29=0%5E2-7%2A0+%2B10\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and this simplifies it to <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=f%280%29+=+0+%2B+0+%2B10 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"f%280%29+=+0+%2B+0+%2B10\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > which reduces to:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=f%280%29+=+%2B10 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"f%280%29+=+%2B10\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In (b) f(5) means go to the given function and replace all the x's in it with 5.  When you do<BR>\n" );
document.write( "it becomes: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=f%285%29+=+5%5E2+-+7%2A5+%2B+10+=+25+-+35+%2B+10 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"f%285%29+=+5%5E2+-+7%2A5+%2B+10+=+25+-+35+%2B+10\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > which reduces to:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=f%280%29+=+25+-35+%2B+10+=+0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"f%280%29+=+25+-35+%2B+10+=+0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > so that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=f%285%29+=+0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"f%285%29+=+0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In (c) <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=f%28-2%29+=+%28-2%29%5E2+-7%2A%28-2%29+%2B+10 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"f%28-2%29+=+%28-2%29%5E2+-7%2A%28-2%29+%2B+10\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > which becomes <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=f%28-2%29=+4+%2B+14+%2B10 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"f%28-2%29=+4+%2B+14+%2B10\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and this<BR>\n" );
document.write( "simplifies to <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=f%28-2%29+=+28 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"f%28-2%29+=+28\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps you to understand the problem.\r<BR>\n" );
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