Plug in -5 into x. F(x)= 3(-5) -7 g(x)= (-5)^2 -4 Then plug it into the equation 3(-5)-7-(-5)^2-4 then multiply the -5 into 3 and you should have gotten -15, then multiply -5 *-5= -25 and add or subtract from there and you should get the answer of -1