If $g(x) = 5 - sqrt(x+30)$ , how do you solve g(6)?

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Answer 1 · 2015-10-16T23:31:08

$g(6) = -1$

Your function is defined as

$g(x) = 5 - sqrt(x + 30)$

In order to find the value of $g(6)$ , you need to evaluate the function at $x = 6$ .

Simply put, what will be the value of $g$ when $x = 6$ ? Replace $x$ with $6$ in the expression of the function to get

$g(6) = 5 - sqrt((6) + 30)$

$g(6) = 5 - sqrt(36) = 5 - 6 = -1$

The value of $g$ at $x=6$ will thus be

$g(6) = -1$

If g(x) = 5 - sqrt(x+30)g(x) = 5 - sqrt(x+30), how do you solve g(6)?