Given \( \delta(x) = 3x + 8\) and \( \phi(x) = 8x + 7\), what is \(x\) if \( \delta(\phi(x)) = 7\)?
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