How do you find $g(-2)$ given $g(x)=-5x+2$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-04-02T14:49:15

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To find $g(-2)$ substitute $color(red)(-2)$ for each occurrence of $color(red)(x)$ in $g(x)$ :

$g(color(red)(x)) = -5color(red)(x) + 2$ becomes:

$g(color(red)(-2)) = (-5 xx color(red)(-2)) + 2$

$g(color(red)(-2)) = 10 + 2$

$g(color(red)(-2)) = 12$

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