Precalculus Examples

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

Step 1

Find $f (- x)$ .

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Step 1.1

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

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

Step 1.2

Simplify each term.

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Step 1.2.1

Multiply $- 1$ by $2$ .

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

Step 1.2.2

Apply the product rule to $- x$ .

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

Step 1.2.3

Multiply $- 1$ by ${(- 1)}^{2}$ by adding the exponents.

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Step 1.2.3.1

Move ${(- 1)}^{2}$ .

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

Step 1.2.3.2

Multiply ${(- 1)}^{2}$ by $- 1$ .

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Step 1.2.3.2.1

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

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

Step 1.2.3.2.2

Use the power rule $a^{m} a^{n} = a^{m + n}$ to combine exponents.

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

Step 1.2.3.3

Add $2$ and $1$ .

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

Step 1.2.4

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

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

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 $- 2 x - x^{2}$ $\neq$ $2 x - x^{2}$ , the function is not even.

The function is not even

Step 3

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

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Step 3.1

Find $- f (x)$ .

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Step 3.1.1

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

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

Step 3.1.2

Apply the distributive property.

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

Step 3.1.3

Multiply $2$ by $- 1$ .

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

Step 3.2

Since $- 2 x - x^{2}$ $\neq$ $- 2 x + x^{2}$ , the function is not odd.

The function is not odd

Step 4

The function is neither odd nor even

Step 5