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Exercise 16 Page 543

Substitute - 6 for x into the function rule.

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Using the function f(x)=(1+x)^2, we want to evaluate for the given value, f( -6). To do this, we need to substitute - 6 for x in each instance of the x-variable.

(1+x)^2

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x= - 6

(1+( - 6))^2

AddNeg

a+(- b)=a-b

(1-6)^2

SubTerm

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(- 5)^2

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