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This document discusses composite functions. It defines a composite function f o g as the function f applied to the output of g, or f(g(x)). It provides examples of evaluating composite functions, finding their domains, and showing that two composite functions are equal. The key concepts are that a composite function is formed by combining two functions, and its domain depends on the domains of the individual functions.

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6.1 Composite/Combining Functions: Slide - 1 Slide - 1

This document discusses composite functions. It defines a composite function f o g as the function f applied to the output of g, or f(g(x)). It provides examples of evaluating composite functions, finding their domains, and showing that two composite functions are equal. The key concepts are that a composite function is formed by combining two functions, and its domain depends on the domains of the individual functions.

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6.

1 Composite/Combining
Functions

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Learning Objectives
1. Form a Composite Function
2. Find the Domain of a Composite Function

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LO 1: Form a Composite Function

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Figure 1

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Definition 1
Given two functions f and g, the composite function,
denoted by f  g (read as “f composed with g”), is defined by
 f  g  x   f  g  x  
The domain of f  g is the set of all numbers x in the domain
of g such that g  x  is in the domain of f.

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Figure 2

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Figure 3

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Example 1
Evaluating a Composite Function
Suppose that f  x   2x 2  3 and g  x   4x. Find:

(a)  f  g 1

(b)  g  f 1
(c)  f  f  2 
(d)  g  g  1

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Solution 1 (1 of 2)
(a)

(b)

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Solution 1 (2 of 2)
(c)

(d)

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LO 2: Find the Domain of a
Composite Function

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Example 2
Finding a Composite Function and Its Domain
1 4
Suppose that f  x   and  
g x  .
x2 x 1
Find:
(a) f  g

(b) f  f

Then find the domain of each composite function.

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Solution 2 (1 of 4)
The domain of f is  x | x  2 and the domain of g is  x | x  1 .

(a)

In Example 3, the domain of f  g was found to be


x | x   1, x  1 .

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Solution 2 (2 of 4)

(b)

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Solution 2 (3 of 4)
The domain of f  f consists of all values of x in the domain
of f,  x | x  2, for which
1 1
f  x   2 = 2
x2 x+2
1 = 2  x + 2 
1 = 2 x  4
2 x = 5
5
x = 
2

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Solution 2 (4 of 4)
or, equivalently,
5
x
2

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Example 3
Showing That Two Composite Functions Are Equal
1
If f  x   3x  4 and g  x    x  4  , show that
3
 f  g  x   g  f  x  x
for every x in the domain of f  g and g  f .

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Solution 3
f  g  x   f g x 
 x  4 1 x+4
 f  g x =  x + 4  =
 3  3 3
 x  4
 3 4 f  x  = 3 x  4.
 3 
 x 4 4 x
 g  f  x   g  f x 
 g  3x  4  f  x  = 3x  4
1 1
  3 x  4   4  g x =  x + 4 .
3 3
1
  3x   x
3

We conclude that  g  f  x    g  f  x   x .
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Figure 5

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Example 4
Finding the Components of a Composite Function
1
Find functions f and g such that f  g  H if H  x   .
x 1

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Solution 4
1
Here H is the reciprocal of g  x   x  1. Let f  x  
x
and g  x   x  1. Then
1
 f  g  x   f  g  x    f  x  1   H x 
x 1

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