Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Given the point (2,3) and the function f(x) = (-m+1)x + 3, find what is m if the point lies to the graph of the function.

Since the point (2,3) is located on the graph of f(x),
therefore, it must verify the given expression of
f(x).


f(2) = 3


We'll replace x
by 2 in the expresison of function:


f(2)=(-m+1)*2 +
3


Replacing x by 2, the function take the value of
3.


(-m+1)*2 + 3 = 3


We'll
subtract 3 both sides;


(-m+1)*2 =
0


We'll divide by 2:


(-m+1) =
0


We'll isolate m to the left
side:


-m = -1


m =
1


Therefore, for the point (2,3) to be
located on the graph of f(x), m takes the value of
1.

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