Saturday, March 29, 2014

Provide a linear function such as f(1-x)=3x+2?

We'll recall which is the standard form of a linear
function;


f(x) = ax + b


To
determine the linear function, we'll have to identify the coefficients a and
b.


Since we know the result of f(1-x), we'll replace x by
(1-x) in the standard form:


f(1-x) = a(1-x) +
b


f(1-x) = a - ax + b (1)


But,
from enunciation, we know that f(1-x) = 3x+2 (2)


We'll
equate (1) and (2) and we'll get:


-ax + a + b = 3x +
2


Comparing, we'll get:


-a = 3
=> a = -3


a + b = 2 <=> -3 + b = 2
=> b = 5


The requested linear function
is f(x) = -3x + 5.

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