SOLUTION: my daughte needs help with this problem Evaluate f(x)= -x(2) + 1 for x = -3 The answer she got was x=10. Any help will be really apreciated. Thank You

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Question 734585: my daughte needs help with this problem Evaluate f(x)= -x(2) + 1 for x = -3 The answer she got was x=10. Any help will be really apreciated.
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Evaluate f(x)= -x(2) + 1 for x = -3 The answer she got was x=10.
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If it's -x^2 + 1:
The minus sign is not subject to being squared.
f(-3) = -(-3)^2 + 1
= -9 + 1
= -8