Answer the Question About the Given Function $f ( x ) = \frac { x ^ { 2 } - 8 } { x + 3 }$

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Multiple Choice

Answer the question about the given function.
-Given the function $f ( x ) = \frac { x ^ { 2 } - 8 } { x + 3 }$ , if $x = 2$ , what is $f ( x )$ ? What point is on the graph of $f$ ?

• A) \(- \frac { 4 } { 5 } ; \left( 2 , - \frac { 4 } { 5 } \right)\)
• B) \(\frac { 12 } { 5 } ; \left( 2 , \frac { 12 } { 5 } \right)\)
• C) \(\frac { 12 } { 5 } ; \left( \frac { 12 } { 5 } , 2 \right)\)
• \(\mathrm { D } ) - \frac { 4 } { 5 } ; \left( - \frac { 4 } { 5 } , 2 \right)\)

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