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Given the following function, findp(2)P(x) = 4x4 - 3x3 – 5x² - 7p(xAnswerp(2) ==

Given the following function, findp(2)P(x) = 4x4 - 3x3 – 5x² - 7p(xAnswerp(2) ==-example-1
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P(2)=13

1) Similarly to a function, in this problem we are going to evaluate that polynomial when x =2


\begin{gathered} P(x)=4x^4-3x^3-5x^2-7 \\ P(2)=4(2)^4-3(2)^3-5(2)^2-7 \\ P(2)=4(16)-3(8)-5(4)-7 \\ P(2)=64-24-20-7 \\ P(2)=40-27 \\ P(2)=13 \end{gathered}

2) So the answer is 13

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