What is true of the function g(x) = –2x2 + 5?

In the function g(x) = −2x² + 5, x is the input, or independent variable. The expression −2x² + 5 gives the output for each chosen value of x, and that output is named g(x). So the true statement is that x represents the independent variable; g does not represent the input.

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