SOLUTION: If f(x)=-3x+2,what are the values of m and b so that f(mx+b)=2x-3?

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Question 484794: If f(x)=-3x+2,what are the values of m and b so that f(mx+b)=2x-3?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) About Me  (Show Source):
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If f(x)=-3x+2,what are the values of m and b so that f(mx+b)=2x-3?
 
f(x) = -3x + 2

Repace x by mx+b

f(mx+b) = -3(mx+b) + 2

f(mx+b) = -3mx - 3b + 2

We are told that

f(mx+b) = 2x - 3

So

-3mx - 3b + 2 = 2x - 3  for all values of x

Therefore we set the coefficients of x equal:

          -3m = 2
            m = -2%2F3

And we set the constants equal:

      -3b + 2 = -3

          -3b = -5

            b = %28-5%29%2F%28-3%29

            b = 5%2F3        


Edwin