document.write( "Question 1151529: If the point P given below is on the graph of a function f, find the corresponding point on the graph of g.
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document.write( "You are given\r\n" );
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document.write( "    f(-12) = 4.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It is the exact meaning of this fragment  from the post  \"the point P = (-12,4) is on the graph of a function f\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "Take  x = -12.   \r\n" );
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document.write( "Then  \r\n" );
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document.write( "      g(-12) = -f(-12) + 5 = (at this point recall that f(-12) = 4, so you can continue the equality) = -4 + 5 = 1.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Thus the corresponding point on the graph of the function g  is  Q = (-12,1).\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  The corresponding point on the graph of the function g  is  Q = (-12,1).\r\n" );
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document.write( "    The \"corresponding point\" in this context is the point, whose coordinates you can calculate, \r\n" );
document.write( "    starting from the given point P and using the given definition of the function g.\r\n" );
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