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MT1001 Applied Calculus

1 Functions

1.2 Combining Functions; Shifting and Scaling Graphs


Instructor: Mukhtar Ullah

1
Sums, Differences, Products, and Quotients
Let 𝑓 and 𝑔 be two functions with respective domains 𝐷 (𝑓) y
and 𝐷 (𝑔). Then functions 𝑓 + 𝑔, 𝑓 − 𝑔, 𝑓𝑔, and 𝑓 ⁄ 𝑔 are
defined by the formulas 8
(𝑓 + 𝑔) (𝑥) = 𝑓 (𝑥) + 𝑔 (𝑥) 𝑥 ∈ 𝐷 (𝑓) ∩ 𝐷 (𝑔) y = ( f + g)(x)
6
(𝑓 − 𝑔) (𝑥) = 𝑓 (𝑥) − 𝑔 (𝑥) 𝑥 ∈ 𝐷 (𝑓) ∩ 𝐷 (𝑔)
4 y = g(x)
(𝑓𝑔) (𝑥) = 𝑓 (𝑥) 𝑔 (𝑥) 𝑥 ∈ 𝐷 (𝑓) ∩ 𝐷 (𝑔) f (a) + g(a)
2 g(a)
(𝑓 ⁄ 𝑔) (𝑥) = 𝑓 (𝑥) ⁄ 𝑔 (𝑥) 𝑥 ∈ 𝐷 (𝑓) ∩ 𝐷 (𝑔) ⧵ 𝑔−1 (0) y = f (x) f (a)
Moreover, if 𝑐 is a real number, then the function 𝑐𝑓 is defined 0 a x
by the formula
(𝑐𝑓) (𝑥) = 𝑐𝑓 (𝑥) , 𝑥 ∈ 𝐷 (𝑓)

2
EXAMPLE 1 The functions defined by the formulas
√ √
𝑓 (𝑥) = 𝑥 and 𝑔 (𝑥) = 1 − 𝑥
have domains 𝐷 (𝑓) = [0, ∞) and 𝐷 (𝑔) = (−∞, 1]. The common domain is
𝐷 (𝑓) ∩ 𝐷 (𝑔) = [0, ∞) ∩ (−∞, 1] = [0, 1]
The following table summarizes the formulas and domains for the various algebraic combinations
of the two functions.

y=f+g
g(x) = "1 - x f (x) = "x
1

1
2
y=f g

x
0 1 2 3 4 1
5 5 5 5

3
Composite Functions
x g g(x) f f(g(x))
If 𝑓 and 𝑔 are functions,
the composite function 𝑓◦𝑔 is defined by
f ∘g
(𝑓◦𝑔) (𝑥) = 𝑓 (𝑔 (𝑥)) , 𝑥 ∈ 𝐷 (𝑔) , 𝑔 (𝑥) ∈ 𝐷 (𝑓)
f (g(x))
Similarly, the composite function 𝑔◦𝑓 is defined by
x (𝑔◦𝑓) (𝑥) = 𝑔 (𝑓 (𝑥)) , 𝑥 ∈ 𝐷 (𝑓) , 𝑓 (𝑥) ∈ 𝐷 (𝑔)
f
g The functions 𝑓◦𝑔 and 𝑔◦𝑓 are usually different.

g(x)

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