Algebra Examples

$x^{4}$

Write $x^{4}$ as a function.

$f (x) = x^{4}$

Find $f (- x)$ .

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Find $f (- x)$ by substituting $- x$ for all occurrence of $x$ in $f (x)$ .

$f (- x) = {(- x)}^{4}$

Apply the product rule to $- x$ .

$f (- x) = {(- 1)}^{4} x^{4}$

Raise $- 1$ to the power of $4$ .

$f (- x) = 1 x^{4}$

Multiply $x^{4}$ by $1$ .

$f (- x) = x^{4}$

A function is even if $f (- x) = f (x)$ .

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Check if $f (- x) = f (x)$ .

$x^{4} = x^{4}$

Since $x^{4} = x^{4}$ , the function is even.

The function is even