How do you find $p(-6)$ given $p(x)=3x$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-01-31T01:51:49

See the entire solution process below:

Substitute $color(red)(-6)$ for each occurrence of $color(red)(x)$ and then calculate.

$p(color(red)(x)) = 3color(red)(x)$

Becomes:

$p(color(red)(-6)) = 3 xx color(red)(-6)$

$p(color(red)(-6)) = -18$

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