College Algebra (10th Edition)

Published by Pearson
ISBN 10: 0321979478
ISBN 13: 978-0-32197-947-6

Chapter 4 - Cumulative Review - Page 319: 8

Answer

(a) $f(2)=-3$ (b) $f(x)+f(2)=x^2-4x-2$ (c) $f(-x)=x^2+4x+1$ (d) $-f(x)=-x^2+4x-1$ (e) $f(x+2)=x^2-3$ (f) $\dfrac{f(x+h)-f(x)}{h}= 2x+h-4,\space x\ne0$

Work Step by Step

(a) $f(2)=2^2-4(2)+1=4-8+1=-3$ (b) $f(x)+f(2)=x^2-4x+1+(-3)=x^2-4x-2$ (c) $f(-x)=(-x)^2-4(-x)+1=x^2+4x+1$ (d) $-f(x)=-(x^2-4x+1)=-x^2+4x-1$ (e) $f(x+2)=(x+2)^2-4(x+2)+1=x^2+2x+2x+4-4x-8+1=x^2-3$ (f) $\dfrac{f(x+h)-f(x)}{h}=$ $\dfrac{(x+h)^2-4(x+h)+1-(x^2-4x+1)}{h}=$ $\dfrac{x^2+2xh+h^2-4x-4h+1-x^2+4x-1}{h}=$ $\dfrac{2xh+h^2-4h}{h}=$ $\dfrac{h(2x+h-4)}{h}=$ $2x+h-4,\space x\ne0$
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