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Suppose that g(x) = 3ˣ+4.

(a) What is g( - 1)? When x = -1, what is the point on the graph of g?

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Final answer:

To calculate g(-1) for the function g(x) = 3ˣ + 4, we substitute x = -1 and evaluate the expression to get 4.333... The corresponding point on the function's graph is (-1, 4.333...).

Step-by-step explanation:

The student's question involves evaluating an exponential function. Specifically, the function given is g(x) = 3ˣ + 4. To find g(-1), we substitute x with -1 in the function:

g(-1) = 3(-1) + 4

g(-1) = 1/3(1) + 4

g(-1) = 1/3 + 4

g(-1) = 4 + 1/3

g(-1) = 4.333...

To represent this value as a point on the graph of g, we take the input value (x-coordinate) and the result we calculated (y-coordinate) to form the point (-1, 4.333...).

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