Is this an odd or even function? Explain please
f(x) =
x
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(x^2 -1)
x^2 -1 is an even function
x is an odd function
and when you sub in f(-x), you cant turn it into an even or odd function, which is expected, as it is neither
However, when you graph the function, it turns out as an odd function, which came to a big surprise to me
I though that if we broke down x^2 -1 into (x-1)(x+1), and then try it, the -1's still cancel each other out, as if they'd been squared, and when you actually sub the values in for f(x), it does form an odd curve!
The equation is saying its neither and the graph is saying its odd! Punch it in a program and you'll see xD... ='(
I'm lost. Either I'm forgetting something or I didn't understand odd and even's when I did them a while back.
Can somebody explain this, because I aint gonna sleep till I get this.... lol xD - 2 am here
2007-12-31
01:58:55
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Suki
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