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.
The noun HOMONYM has 1 sense: 1. two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings. Familiarity information: HOMONYM used as a noun is very rare.omograph (two words are homographs if they are spelled the same way but differ in meaning (e.g. fair)). homophone (two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear)).