Determine if Odd, Even, or Neither 7x^4-4x^3

$7 x^{4} - 4 x^{3}$

Step 1

Write $7 x^{4} - 4 x^{3}$ as a function.

$f (x) = 7 x^{4} - 4 x^{3}$

Step 2

Find $f (- x)$ .

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

$f (- x) = 7 {(- x)}^{4} - 4 {(- x)}^{3}$

Simplify each term.

Apply the product rule to $- x$ .

$f (- x) = 7 ({(- 1)}^{4} x^{4}) - 4 {(- x)}^{3}$

Raise $- 1$ to the power of $4$ .

$f (- x) = 7 (1 x^{4}) - 4 {(- x)}^{3}$

Multiply $x^{4}$ by $1$ .

$f (- x) = 7 x^{4} - 4 {(- x)}^{3}$

Apply the product rule to $- x$ .

$f (- x) = 7 x^{4} - 4 ({(- 1)}^{3} x^{3})$

Raise $- 1$ to the power of $3$ .

$f (- x) = 7 x^{4} - 4 (- x^{3})$

Multiply $- 1$ by $- 4$ .

$f (- x) = 7 x^{4} + 4 x^{3}$

Step 3

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

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

Since $7 x^{4} + 4 x^{3}$ $\neq$ $7 x^{4} - 4 x^{3}$ , the function is not even.

The function is not even

Step 4

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

Find $- f (x)$ .

Multiply $7 x^{4} - 4 x^{3}$ by $- 1$ .

$- f (x) = - (7 x^{4} - 4 x^{3})$

Apply the distributive property.

$- f (x) = - (7 x^{4}) - (- 4 x^{3})$

Multiply.

Multiply $7$ by $- 1$ .

$- f (x) = - 7 x^{4} - (- 4 x^{3})$

Multiply $- 4$ by $- 1$ .

$- f (x) = - 7 x^{4} + 4 x^{3}$

Since $7 x^{4} + 4 x^{3}$ $\neq$ $- 7 x^{4} + 4 x^{3}$ , the function is not odd.

The function is not odd

Step 5

The function is neither odd nor even

Step 6