Finite Math Examples

$y = x^{2} + 3$

Step 1

Write $y = x^{2} + 3$ as a function.

$f (x) = x^{2} + 3$

Step 2

Find $f (- x)$ .

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Step 2.1

Find $f (- x)$ by substituting $- x$ for all occurrence of $x$ in $f (x)$ .

$f (- x) = {(- x)}^{2} + 3$

Step 2.2

Simplify each term.

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Step 2.2.1

Apply the product rule to $- x$ .

$f (- x) = {(- 1)}^{2} x^{2} + 3$

Step 2.2.2

Raise $- 1$ to the power of $2$ .

$f (- x) = 1 x^{2} + 3$

Step 2.2.3

Multiply $x^{2}$ by $1$ .

$f (- x) = x^{2} + 3$

Step 3

A function is even if $f (- x) = f (x)$ .

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Step 3.1

Check if $f (- x) = f (x)$ .

Step 3.2

Since $x^{2} + 3 = x^{2} + 3$ , the function is even.

The function is even

Step 4