If $g (x) = | x - 4 |$ $g(x)=abs(x-4)$ what is the value of g (3)?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-23T11:53:55

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To find $g (3)$ $g(3)$ substitute $3$ $color(red)(3)$ for each occurrence of $x$ $color(red)(x)$ in $g (x)$ $g(x)$ and evaluate the function:

$g (x) = | x - 4 |$ $g(color(red)(x)) = abs(color(red)(x) - 4)$ becomes:

$g (3) = | 3 - 4 |$ $g(color(red)(3)) = abs(color(red)(3) - 4)$

$g (3) = | - 1 |$ $g(color(red)(3)) = abs(-1)$

$g (3) = 1$ $g(color(red)(3)) = 1$

If g(x)=|x−4|g(x)=abs(x-4) what is the value of g (3)?