Precalculus Examples

$f (x) = \sqrt{2} x$

Step 1

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

$f (- x) = \sqrt{2} (- x)$

Step 2

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

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Step 2.1

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

Step 2.2

Since $\sqrt{2} x = \sqrt{2} x$ , the function is even.

The function is even

Step 3