How do you determine if #f(x) = x^2 - x^8# is an even or odd function?
1 Answer
This is an even function.
Explanation:
If a function is even,
If a function is odd,
Visibly, this means that if we flip an even function about the
If we were to reflect an odd function about the
How to determine if a function is even or odd?
but real numbers raised to even powers are always positive, so the sign doesn't matter ex)
Therefore,
It turns out to be the exact same as the original function. Because