I am working through the Mooculus course. Can someone explain what is going on here?
The question:
If f(2)=2 and g(x)=4⋅f(x), what point can you determine on the graph of g?
This comes in the hint:
You only have information about a point where x=2.
At this point we have g(2)=4⋅f(2).
Substituting f(2)=2 we have g(2)=4⋅2.
So g(2)=8.
Thus (2,8) is on the graph of g.
Thanks
For the $(1,-3)$ example:
You only know about the point $x=5$ so put $x=5$ into $f(x)=g(x−4)$.
Then $f(5)=g(5−4)=g(1)$.
So $g(1)=f(5)=-3$ and this gives you the point $(1,-3)$.