There are a few issues with the notation in your question, so I'll provide solutions for the possible interpretations:
If you want to find the composite function F(f(x)), where F(x) = cos(x)(5 - x^2) and f(x) = 3x^8 - 7x - 2.5, you would first substitute f(x) into F(x) to get F(f(x)):
There are a few issues with the notation in your question, so I'll provide solutions for the possible interpretations:
If you want to find the composite function F(f(x)), where F(x) = cos(x)(5 - x^2) and f(x) = 3x^8 - 7x - 2.5, you would first substitute f(x) into F(x) to get F(f(x)):F(f(x)) = cos(3x^8 - 7x - 2.5)(5 - (3x^8 - 7x - 2.5)^2)
If you want to simplify the expression f(x) = 6/x^4 - x^5/2 + 2√x, you would first combine the terms and simplify:f(x) = 6/x^4 - x^5/2 + 2√x
If you want to evaluate the function f(x) = 6/x^4 - x^5/2 + 2√x at a specific value of x, you would plug in that value for x and compute the result.