Precalculus Examples

$x^{3}$

Step 1

Write $x^{3}$ as a function.

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

Step 2

Find $f (- x)$ .

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Step 2.1

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

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

Step 2.2

Apply the product rule to $- x$ .

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

Step 2.3

Raise $- 1$ to the power of $3$ .

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

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 $- x^{3}$ $\neq$ $x^{3}$ , the function is not even.

The function is not even

Step 4

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

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Step 4.1

Multiply $- 1$ by $x^{3}$ .

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

Step 4.2

Since $- x^{3} = - x^{3}$ , the function is odd.

The function is odd

Step 5