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f(x) = -x2 is a function. The equation is solved with just f(x) on one side, and if you were to graph it, it would pass the vertical line test.
If it were written in a book of some sort, fx or f(x) is read aloud as "f or x". "f" is a function of some variable, "x". By function it means something happens to x e.g. x2 or 3x+4.
No. x2 -4x - 12 = (x + 2)(x - 6)
x2 - 4x - 9 = 0 ∴ x2 - 4x = 9 ∴ x2 - 4x + 4 = 13 ∴ (x - 2)2 = 13 ∴ x - 2 = ±√13 ∴ x = 2 ± √13
x2 + 4x + 6 can not be factored. If you want, you can reduce it to an expression with a single x term by comleting the square: x2 + 4x + 6 = x2 + 4x + 4 + 2 = (x + 2)2 + 2