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G(x) = x² - 5
g(-3) = ?

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g(-3) = 4

What you’re seeing is known as function notation. Wiener you see f(x), it’s the same thing as y. And whenever you’re given f(a), it just means that x = a.

So, g(-3) = (-3)^2 - 5 = 9 - 5 = 4.
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