Substitute (-4) as x.
The answer will be -12.
Put the value of x = -4 to the equation of the function:
[tex]p(x)=x^5-x^2=x^2(x^3-1)\\\\p(-4)=(-4)^2[(-4)^3-1]=(16)(-64-1)=(16)(-65)=-1040[/tex]
