Given δ(x)=3x+8 and ϕ(x)=8x+7, what is x if δ(ϕ(x))=7?
δ (x) = 3x + 8 Φ(x) = 8x + 7
So
δ ( Φ (x) ) = 7 means that
3 [ 8x + 7 ] + 8 = 7
24x + 21 + 8 = 7
24x + 29 = 7 subtract 29 from both sides
24x = -22 divide both sides by 24
x = -22 / 24 = - 11 / 12