Determine if Odd, Even, or Neither 6x^2-3

$6 x^{2} - 3$

Step 1

Write $6 x^{2} - 3$ as a function.

$f (x) = 6 x^{2} - 3$

Step 2

Find $f (- x)$ .

Find $f (- x)$ by substituting $- x$ for all occurrence of $x$ in $f (x)$ .

$f (- x) = 6 {(- x)}^{2} - 3$

Simplify each term.

Apply the product rule to $- x$ .

$f (- x) = 6 ({(- 1)}^{2} x^{2}) - 3$

Raise $- 1$ to the power of $2$ .

$f (- x) = 6 (1 x^{2}) - 3$

Multiply $x^{2}$ by $1$ .

$f (- x) = 6 x^{2} - 3$

Step 3

A function is even if $f (- x) = f (x)$ .

Check if $f (- x) = f (x)$ .

Since $6 x^{2} - 3 = 6 x^{2} - 3$ , the function is even.

The function is even

Step 4