document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=126444>Question 126444</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0759336245/algebrahomeworkh>Intermediate Algebra Review</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let h(t)=5-t^2, evaluate the following. Write your answers as order pairs.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "h(2/3) </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #92631 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=92631\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You are given:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "h(t) = 5 - t^2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and you are to find h(2/3). All this is telling you to do is to go to the given function<BR>\n" );
document.write( "for h(t) and for both sides wherever you see a \"t\" you substitute 2/3. Then you just<BR>\n" );
document.write( "simplify the terms.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In this problem you start with the function:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "h(t) = 5 - t^2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "for every t in this function you substitute 2/3 and you get:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "h(2/3) = 5 - (2/3)^2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Next, on the right side square the 2/3 and you get 4/9. Substitute 4/9 for (2/3)^2 and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the result is:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "h(2/3) = 5 - 4/9<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Finally, subtract 4/9 from 5 [equivalent to subtracting 4/9 from 4 9/9] and you get the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "answer 4 5/9 ... that's read as \"4 and 5-ninths\" and it's equivalent to 41/9.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the answer to this problem is:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "h(2/3) = 4 5/9 = 41/9<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps you to understand the process of evaluating a function and what the notation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "means. In this case h(2/3) means \"find the value of h(t) when t equals 2/3.\"<BR>\n" );
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