document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=128685>Question 128685</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let f(x) = -x - 5 and g(x) = 2x + 3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "g(0)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Help with this equation would be appreciated.<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 #94144 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=94144\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> For this problem the information that <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=f%28x%29+=+-x+-5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"f%28x%29+=+-x+-5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "is extra information that you don't even need.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You are given:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=g%28x%29+=+2x+%2B+3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"g%28x%29+=+2x+%2B+3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and you are only asked to find <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=g%280%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"g%280%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. All this is telling you to do is to go to the equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "for g(x) and in that equation substitute 0 for every x. Then you just simplify it.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so go to the equation for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=g%28x%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"g%28x%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=g%28x%29+=+2x+%2B+3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"g%28x%29+=+2x+%2B+3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute 0 for every x in this equation and you have:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=g%280%29+=+2%2A0+%2B+3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"g%280%29+=+2%2A0+%2B+3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The multiplication of 2 times 0 results in zero, so the equation simplifies to:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=g%280%29+=+%2B3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"g%280%29+=+%2B3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and that's the answer for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=g%280%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"g%280%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > that you were asked to find.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps you to understand what the problem was asking you to do and to see how to do it.<BR>\n" );
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