Explanation:
well, you replace w by 3 and then simply calculate.
so, what is the actual function ?
is it t = 4w² ?
then for w = 3 we get
t = 4×3² = 4×9 = 36
is it t = (4w)² ?
then that means t = 16w².
and for w = 3 we get
t = 16×3² = 16×9 = 144
is the function anything else ? the way you wrote it, it leaves quite some room for speculation what it actually might have been, and what you might have skipped.