I'm not certain, but I think you have to subtract 5 - (-5) = 5 + 5 = 10 for the function. Then you replace all of the x's in $${{\mathtt{x}}}^{{\mathtt{4}}}{\mathtt{\,\small\textbf+\,}}{{\mathtt{x}}}^{{\mathtt{2}}}$$ + 5x with 10's. Doing that, we have $${{\mathtt{10}}}^{{\mathtt{4}}}{\mathtt{\,\small\textbf+\,}}{{\mathtt{10}}}^{{\mathtt{2}}}{\mathtt{\,\small\textbf+\,}}{\mathtt{5}}{\mathtt{\,\times\,}}\left({\mathtt{10}}\right)$$. $${{\mathtt{10}}}^{{\mathtt{4}}} = {\mathtt{10\,000}}$$, $${{\mathtt{10}}}^{{\mathtt{2}}} = {\mathtt{100}}$$, 5(10) = 50 . Then we have 10000+100+50 which can be easily added together to get the answer.