Precalculus (10th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32197-907-9
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Chapter 1 - Graphs - 2.1 Functions - 2.1 Assess Your Understanding - Page 58: 94

Answer

$B=5$

Work Step by Step

We plug in $-1$ to $x$ and $12$ to $f(x)$ and since $f(-1)=12$ we get: $f(-1)=3\cdot(-1)^2-B\cdot(-1)+4=12\\3+B+4=12\\7+B=12\\B=5$
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