The thing to remember about functions is that they do the same thing to whatever is inside the parentheses. So don’t worry about the r vs. the h. They could use x, or a little star symbol, or whatever else they want. What matters is that the function f, as defined here, will equal zero when r = 4, or when r = –1.

When we’re told that f(h – 3) = 0, we can conclude that h – 3 must equal either 4 or –1. Therefore, h must equal either 7 or 2.

The graph below might help show what’s going on visually. When the thing in the parentheses next to the f (also known as the argument of the function) equals –1 or 4, the function equals zero. Therefore h – 3 must equal –1 or 4.

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