document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1163503>Question 1163503</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> can you help me please<BR>\n" );
document.write( "given f(x)={x^2 -3 for x > 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "           {log(x-3) for x <= 4  , evaluate f(4) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Since 4 is not greater than 4, ignore the <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x^2\ -\ 3\"> piece of the piecewise function.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large f(x)\ =\ \log(x\,-\,3)\"> piece of the piecewise function applies because 4 is indeed less than or equal to 4.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write the applicable piece of the function in pencil and then every place you see an <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\">, erase it an write a 4 in its place.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then do the arithmetic.  Hint: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \log_b(1)\ =\ 0\ \forall\ b\ \in\ \mathbb{R}^+\"> <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \ \\r\"> </SPAN>\n" );
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