document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=107311>Question 107311</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0073016020/algebrahomeworkh></A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Evaluate: f(x)= x^2 - 7x + 10; find a. f(0) b. f(5) c. f(-2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Just double checking to see if I'm doing these right.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a. 0 = 0^2 - 7(0) + 10<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b. 5 = 5^2 - 7(5) + 10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "        25 - 35 + 10 = 0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c. -2 = -2x^2 - 7(-2) + 10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "           4 - 14 + 10 = 0 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #78108 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><B>Earlsdon(6294)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><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=78108\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Your answers to a and b are correct.  We usually write them thus:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a. f(0) = 10\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b. f(5) = 0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "but in part c., while you had the right idea, your arithmetic was a little off!<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let's go through it.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=f%28-2%29+=+4-%28-14%29%2B10 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"f%28-2%29+=+4-%28-14%29%2B10\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Recall that a positive 7 times a negative 2 = -14<BR>\n" );
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