SOLUTION: find f(3) when f(x)=|x|-6

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Question 1094926: find f(3) when f(x)=|x|-6
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20063) About Me  (Show Source):
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f(x)=|x|-6

Put a 3 everywhere there is an x:

f(3)=|3|-6

The absolute value of a number is the positive 
form of the number.

f(3)=3-6

f(x)=-3

Edwin