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    Exercise \(\PageIndex{1}\)

    Find \(f+g\), \(f-g\), \(f\cdot g\) for the functions below. State their domain.

    1. \(f(x)=x^2+6x\), \(\quad \quad \) and \(g(x)=3x-5\)
    2. \(f(x)=x^3+5\), \(\quad \quad \) and \(g(x)=5x^2+7\)
    3. \(f(x)=3x+7\sqrt{x}\), \(\quad \) and \(g(x)=2x^2+5\sqrt{x}\)
    4. \(f(x)=\dfrac{1}{x+2}\), \(\quad \) and \(g(x)=\dfrac{5x}{x+2}\)
    5. \(f(x)=\sqrt{x-3}\), \(\quad \quad \) and \(g(x)=2\sqrt{x-3}\)
    6. \(f(x)=x^2+2x+5\), \(\quad \quad \) and \(g(x)=3x-6\)
    7. \(f(x)=x^2+3x\), \(\quad \quad \) and \(g(x)=2x^2+3x+4\)
    Answer
    1. \((f+g)(x)=x^{2}+9 x-5\) with domain \(D_{f+g}=\mathbb{R},(f-g)(x)= x^2 + 3x + 5\) with domain \(D_{f-g}=\mathbb{R},(f \cdot g)(x)=3 x^{3}+13 x^{2}-30 x\) with domain \(D_{f \cdot g}=\mathbb{R}\)
    2. \((f+g)(x)=x^{3}+5 x^{2}+12, D_{f+g}=\mathbb{R},(f-g)(x)=x^{3}-5 x^{2}-2, D_{f-g}=\mathbb{R},(f \cdot g)(x)=5 x^{5}+7 x^{3}+25 x^{2}+35, D_{f \cdot g}=\mathbb{R}\)
    3. \((f+g)(x)=2 x^{2}+3 x+12 \sqrt{x}, D_{f+g}=[0, \infty),(f-g)(x)=-2 x^{2}+3 x+2 \sqrt{x}, D_{f-g}=[0, \infty),(f \cdot g)(x)=6 x^{3}+14 x^{2} \sqrt{x}+15 x \sqrt{x}+35 x, D_{f \cdot g}=[0, \infty)\)
    4. \((f+g)(x)=\dfrac{5 x+1}{x+2}, D_{f+g}=\mathbb{R}-\{-2\},(f-g)(x)=\dfrac{1-5 x}{x+2}, D_{f-g}=\mathbb{R}-\{-2\},(f \cdot g)(x)=\dfrac{5 x}{(x+2)^{2}}, D_{f \cdot g}=\mathbb{R}-\{-2\}\)
    5. \((f+g)(x)=3 \sqrt{x-3}, D_{f+g}=[3, \infty),(f-g)(x)=-\sqrt{x-3}, D_{f-g}=[3, \infty),(f \cdot g)(x)=2 \cdot(\sqrt{x-3})^{2}=2 \cdot(x-3), D_{f \cdot g}=[3, \infty)\)
    6. \((f+g)(x)=x^{2}+5 x-1, D_{f+g}=\mathbb{R},(f-g)(x)=x^{2}-x+11, D_{f-g}=\mathbb{R},(f \cdot g)(x)=3 x^{3}+3 x-30, D_{f \cdot g}=\mathbb{R}\)
    7. \((f+g)(x)=3 x^{2}+6 x+4, D_{f+g}=\mathbb{R},(f-g)(x)=-x^{2}-4, D_{f-g}=\mathbb{R},(f \cdot g)(x)=2 x^{4}+9 x^{3}+13 x^{2}+12 x, D_{f \cdot g}=\mathbb{R}\)

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{2}\)

    Find \(\dfrac f g\), and \(\dfrac g f\) for the functions below. State their domain.

    1. \(f(x)=3x+6\), \(\quad \quad \) and \(g(x)=2x-8\)
    2. \(f(x)=x+2\), \(\quad \quad \) and \(g(x)=x^2-5x+4\)
    3. \(f(x)=\dfrac{1}{x-5}\), \(\quad \quad \) and \(g(x)=\dfrac{x-2}{x+3}\)
    4. \(f(x)=\sqrt{x+6}\), \(\quad \quad \) and \(g(x)=2x+5\)
    5. \(f(x)=x^2+8x-33\), \(\quad \quad \) and \(g(x)=\sqrt{x}\)
    Answer
    1. \(\left(\dfrac{f}{g}\right)(x)=\dfrac{3 x+6}{2 x-8}\) with domain \(D_{\frac{f}{g}}=\mathbb{R}-\{4\}\), \(\left(\dfrac{g}{f}\right)(x)=\dfrac{2 x-8}{3 x+6}\) with domain \(D_{\frac{g}{f}}=\mathbb{R}-\{-2\}\)
    2. \(\left(\dfrac{f}{g}\right)(x)=\dfrac{x+2}{x^{2}-5 x+4}=\dfrac{x+2}{(x-4)(x-1)}\), \(D_{\frac{f}{g}}=\mathbb{R}-\{1,4\}, \quad\left(\dfrac{g}{f}\right)(x)=\dfrac{x^{2}-5 x+4}{x+2}, D_{\frac{g}{f}}=\mathbb{R}-\{-2\}\)
    3. \(\left(\dfrac{f}{g}\right)(x)=\dfrac{x+3}{(x-5)(x-2)}, D_{\frac{f}{g}}=\mathbb{R}-\{-3,2,5\},\left(\dfrac{g}{f}\right)(x)=\dfrac{(x-5)(x-2)}{x+3}, D_{\frac{g}{f}}=\mathbb{R}-\{-3,5\}\)
    4. \(\left(\dfrac{f}{g}\right)(x)=\dfrac{\sqrt{x+6}}{2 x+5}, D_{\frac{f}{g}}=\left[-6,-\dfrac{5}{2}\right) \cup\left(-\dfrac{5}{2}, \infty\right), \left(\dfrac{g}{f}\right)(x)=\dfrac{2 x+5}{\sqrt{x+6}}, D_{\frac{g}{f}}=(-6, \infty)\)
    5. \(\left(\dfrac{f}{g}\right)(x)=\dfrac{x^{2}+8 x-33}{\sqrt{x}}, D_{\frac{f}{g}}=(0, \infty), \left(\dfrac{g}{f}\right)(x)=\dfrac{\sqrt{x}}{x^{2}+8 x-33}, D_{\frac{g}{f}}=[0,3) \cup(3, \infty)\)

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{3}\)

    Let \(f(x)=2x-3\) and \(g(x)=3x^2+4x\). Find the following compositions

    1. \(f(g(2))\)
    2. \(g(f(2))\)
    3. \(f(f(5))\)
    4. \(f(5 g(-3))\)
    5. \(g(f(2)-2)\)
    6. \(f(f(3)+g(3))\)
    7. \(g(f(2+x))\)
    8. \(f(f(-x))\)
    9. \(f( f(-3)-3 g(2))\)
    10. \(f(f(f(2)))\)
    11. \(f(x+h)\)
    12. \(g(x+h)\)
    Answer
    1. \(37\)
    2. \(7\)
    3. \(11\)
    4. \(147\)
    5. \(-1\)
    6. \(81\)
    7. \(12 x^{2}+20 x+7\)
    8. \(-4 x-9\)
    9. \(-141\)
    10. \(-5\)
    11. \(2 x+2 h-3\)
    12. \(3 x^{2}+6 x h+3 h^{2}+4 x+4 h\)

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{4}\)

    Find the composition \((f\circ g)(x)\) for the functions:

    1. \(f(x)=3x-5\), \(\quad \quad \) and \(g(x)=2x+3\)
    2. \(f(x)=x^2+2\), \(\quad \quad \) and \(g(x)=x+3\)
    3. \(f(x)=x^2-3x+2\), \(\quad \quad \) and \(g(x)=2x+1\)
    4. \(f(x)=x^2+\sqrt{x+3}\), \(\quad \quad \) and \(g(x)=x^2+2x\)
    5. \(f(x)=\dfrac{2}{x+4}\), \(\quad \quad \) and \(g(x)=x+h\)
    6. \(f(x)=x^2+4x+3\), \(\quad \quad \) and \(g(x)=x+h\)
    Answer
    1. \((f \circ g)(x)=6 x+4\)
    2. \((f \circ g)(x)=x^{2}+6 x+11\)
    3. \((f \circ g)(x)=4 x^{2}-2x\)
    4. \((f \circ g)(x)=x^{4}+4 x^{3}+4 x^{2}+\sqrt{x^{2}+2 x+3}\)
    5. \((f \circ g)(x)=\dfrac{2}{x+h+4}\)
    6. \((f \circ g)(x)=x^{2}+2 x h+h^{2}+4 x+4 h+3\)

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{5}\)

    Find the compositions

    \[(f\circ g)(x),\quad (g\circ f)(x),\quad(f\circ f)(x),\quad(g\circ g)(x) \nonumber \]

    for the following functions:

    1. \(f(x)=2x+4\), \(\quad \quad \) and \(g(x)=x-5\)
    2. \(f(x)=x+3\), \(\quad \quad \) and \(g(x)=x^2-2x\)
    3. \(f(x)=2x^2-x-6\), \(\quad \quad \) and \(g(x)=\sqrt{3x+2}\)
    4. \(f(x)=\dfrac{1}{x+3}\), \(\quad \quad \) and \(g(x)=\dfrac{1}{x}-3\)
    5. \(f(x)=(2x-7)^2\), \(\quad \quad \) and \(g(x)=\dfrac{\sqrt{x}+7}{2}\)
    Answer
    1. \((f \circ g)(x)=2 x-6, (g \circ f)(x)=2 x-1, (f \circ f)(x)=4 x+12, (g \circ g)(x)=x-10\)
    2. \((f \circ g)(x)=x^{2}-2 x+3, (g \circ f)(x)=x^{2}+4 x+3, (f \circ f)(x)=x+6, (g \circ g)(x)=x^{4}-4 x^{3}+2 x^{2}+4 x\)
    3. \((f \circ g)(x)=6 x-2-\sqrt{3 x+2}, (g \circ f)(x)=\sqrt{6 x^{2}-3 x-16}, (f \circ f)(x)=8 x^{4}-8 x^{3}-48 x^{2}+25 x+72, (g \circ g)(x)=\sqrt{3 \sqrt{3 x+2}+2}\)
    4. \((f \circ g)(x)=x, (g \circ f)(x)=x, (f \circ f)(x)=\dfrac{x+3}{3 x+10}, (g \circ g)(x)=\dfrac{10 x-3}{1-3 x}\)
    5. \((f \circ g)(x)=x,(g \circ f)(x)=x,(f \circ f)(x)=\left(2(2 x-7)^{2}-7\right)^{2}\) or expanded in descending degrees: \((f \circ f)(x)=64 x^{4}-896 x^{3}+4592 x^{2}-10192 x+8281,(g \circ g)(x)=\dfrac{\sqrt{\frac{\sqrt{x}+7}{2}}+7}{2}=\dfrac{14+\sqrt{14+2 \sqrt{x}}}{4}\)

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{6}\)

    Let \(f\) and \(g\) be the functions defined by the following table. Complete the table given below.

    \[\begin{array}{|c||c|c|c|c|c|c|c|}
    \hline x & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 \\
    \hline \hline f(x) & 4 & 5 & 7 & 0 & -2 & 6 & 4 \\
    \hline g(x) & 6 & -8 & 5 & 2 & 9 & 11 & 2 \\
    \hline f(x)+3 & & & & & & & \\
    \hline 4 g(x)+5 & & & & & & & \\
    \hline g(x)-2 f(x) & & & & & & & \\
    \hline f(x+3) & & & & & & & \\
    \hline
    \end{array} \nonumber \]

    Answer

    \(\begin{array}{|c||c|c|c|c|c|c|c|}
    \hline x & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 \\
    \hline \hline f(x) & 4 & 5 & 7 & 0 & -2 & 6 & 4 \\
    \hline g(x) & 6 & -8 & 5 & 2 & 9 & 11 & 2 \\
    \hline f(x)+3 & 7 & 8 & 10 & 3 & 1 & 9 & 7 \\
    \hline 4 g(x)+5 & 29 & -28 & 25 & 13 & 41 & 49 & 13 \\
    \hline g(x)-2 f(x) & -2 & -18 & -9 & 2 & 13 & -1 & -6 \\
    \hline f(x+3) & 0 & -2 & 6 & 4 & \text { undef. } & \text { undef. } & \text { undef. } \\
    \hline
    \end{array} \nonumber \)

    Note, however, that the complete table for \(y = f(x + 3)\) is given by:

    \(\begin{array}{|c||c|c|c|c|c|c|c|}
    \hline x & -2 & -1 & 0 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 \\
    \hline \hline f(x+3) & 4 & 5 & 7 & 0 & -2 & 6 & 4 \\
    \hline
    \end{array} \nonumber \)

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{7}\)

    Let \(f\) and \(g\) be the functions defined by the following table. Complete the table by composing the given functions.

    \[\begin{array}{|c||c|c|c|c|c|c|}
    \hline x & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 \\
    \hline \hline f(x) & 3 & 1 & 2 & 5 & 6 & 3 \\
    \hline g(x) & 5 & 2 & 6 & 1 & 2 & 4 \\
    \hline(g \circ f)(x) & & & & & & \\
    \hline(f \circ g)(x) & & & & & & \\
    \hline(f \circ f)(x) & & & & & & \\
    \hline(g \circ g)(x) & & & & & & \\
    \hline
    \end{array} \nonumber \]

    Answer

    \(\begin{array}{|c||c|c|c|c|c|c|}
    \hline x & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 \\
    \hline \hline f(x) & 3 & 1 & 2 & 5 & 6 & 3 \\
    \hline g(x) & 5 & 2 & 6 & 1 & 2 & 4 \\
    \hline(g \circ f)(x) & 6 & 5 & 2 & 2 & 4 & 6 \\
    \hline(f \circ g)(x) & 6 & 1 & 3 & 3 & 1 & 5 \\
    \hline(f \circ f)(x) & 2 & 3 & 1 & 6 & 3 & 2 \\
    \hline(g \circ g)(x) & 2 & 2 & 4 & 5 & 2 & 1 \\
    \hline
    \end{array} \nonumber \)

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{8}\)

    Let \(f\) and \(g\) be the functions defined by the following table. Complete the table by composing the given functions.

    \[\begin{array}{|c||c|c|c|c|c|c|c|}
    \hline x & 0 & 2 & 4 & 6 & 8 & 10 & 12 \\
    \hline \hline f(x) & 4 & 8 & 5 & 6 & 12 & -1 & 10 \\
    \hline g(x) & 10 & 2 & 0 & -6 & 7 & 2 & 8 \\
    \hline(g \circ f)(x) & & & & & & & \\
    \hline(f \circ g)(x) & & & & & & & \\
    \hline(f \circ f)(x) & & & & & & & \\
    \hline(g \circ g)(x) & & & & & & & \\
    \hline
    \end{array} \nonumber \]

    Answer

    \(\begin{array}{|c||c|c|c|c|c|c|c|}
    \hline x & 0 & 2 & 4 & 6 & 8 & 10 & 12 \\
    \hline \hline f(x) & 4 & 8 & 5 & 6 & 12 & -1 & 10 \\
    \hline g(x) & 10 & 2 & 0 & -6 & 7 & 2 & 8 \\
    \hline(g \circ f)(x) & 0 & 7 & \text { undef. } & -6 & 8 & \text { undef. } & 2 \\
    \hline(f \circ g)(x) & -1 & 8 & 4 & \text { undef. } & \text { undef. } & 8 & 12 \\
    \hline(f \circ f)(x) & 5 & 12 & \text { undef. } & 6 & 10 & \text { undef. } & -1 \\
    \hline(g \circ g)(x) & 2 & 2 & 10 & \text { undef. } & \text { undef. } & 2 & 7 \\
    \hline
    \end{array} \nonumber \)

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