338 Chapter 5 Polynomials and Polynomial Functions. EXAMPLE 2 Evaluate by direct substitution. Use direct substitution to evaluatef(x) 5 2x4 2 5x3 2 4x 1 8 whenx 5 3. f(x) 5 2x4 2 5x3 2 4x 1 8 Write original function. f(3) 5 2(3)4 2 5(3)3 2 4(3) 1 8 Substitute 3 forx. 5 1622 1352 12 1 8 Evaluate powers and multiply.
A homophone is a word that sounds the same as another word but has a different meaning and/or spelling. âFlowerâ and âflourâ are homophones because they are pronounced the same but you certainly canât bake a cake using daffodils. This word set can be confusing, even for word geeks.
In linguistics , a homonym is , in the strict sense , one of a group of words that share the same spelling and the same pronunciation but have different meanings. [ 1 ] Thus homonyms are simultaneously homographs ( words that share the same spelling , irrespective of their pronunciation ) and homophones ( words that share the same pronunciation , ...