How do you evaluate $g(-1)$ given the function $g(t)=-5t+1$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-01-13T17:26:47

If the function is $g(t) = -5t +1$ and we're solving for $g(-1)$ , that simply means we substitute $-1$ for $t$ into the function:

$g(-1) = -5(-1) +1$

and then solve:

$g(-1) = 5 +1$
$g(-1) = 6$

When simplifying, don't forget that a negative number multiplied by another negative equals a positive number, so $-5 * (-1)$ equals positive $5$ .

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