Manipulating functions

COMBINATIONS OF FUNCTIONS

1. Find ( f + g)(x).

f (x) = 2x 2 − x + 5

g(x) = x 2 + 4x − 7

2. Find ( f − g)(2).

f (x) = 4x 2 − 2

g(x) = 3x 2 − 5x

3. Find ( f − g)(x).

f (x) = x 2 − 3x + 1

g(x) = 2x − 3

4. Find ( f ⋅ g)(x).

f (x) = 2x − 3

g(x) = 3x 2 + 2

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5. Find ( f ÷ g)(x).

f (x) = x 2 + 6x

g(x) = x

6. Find (g ÷ f )(x).

f (x) = x 2 + 6x

g(x) = x

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COMPOSITE FUNCTIONS

1. Find the composite function (g ∘ f )(x).

f (x) = 2x − 1

g(x) = 3x 2

2. Find f (g(x)) − g( f (x)).

f (x) = x 2 − 4x + 3

g(x) = 2x + 1

3. Find the composite function (g ∘ h)(x) − (h ∘ h)(x).

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g(x) =
x3

h(x) = x+4
3

4. Find the composite function (h ∘ g)(x).

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g(x) =
x3

h(x) = x+4
3

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5. Find the composite function g(g(x)).

1
g(x) =
x

h(x) = 3x 2 − x

6. Find the composite functions h(g(2)) and g(h(2)).

1
g(x) =
x

h(x) = 3x 2 − x

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DOMAINS OF COMPOSITE FUNCTIONS

1. What is the domain of f ∘ g?

1
f (x) =
x

g(x) = x + 5

2. What is the domain of f ∘ g?

2
f (x) =
x−1

g(x) = x−4

3. What is the domain of f ∘ g?

1
f (x) = +4
x

3
g(x) =
2x − 7

4. What is the domain of f ∘ g?

2
f (x) =
x−3

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g(x) =
x+2

5. What is the domain of f ∘ g?

1
f (x) =
x2 − 3

g(x) = x−1

6. What is the domain of f ∘ g?

f (x) = 2x 2 − x + 1

g(x) = x − 3

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DECOMPOSING COMPOSITE FUNCTIONS

1. Write f (x) as the composition of two functions.

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f (x) =
(2x 2 − 5x)3

2. Write f (x) = ln(ln x) as the composition of two functions.

3. Write f (x) = 5(2 x)2 − 8 as the composition of two functions.

4. Write f (x) as the composition of two functions.

5. Write f (x) = 5(2x + 3)4 + 3(2x + 3)2 − 7 as the composition of two

6. Write f (x) as the composition of two functions.

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f (x) =
x2 − 7

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ONE-TO-ONE FUNCTIONS AND THE HORIZONTAL LINE TEST

1. Does the graph represent a one-to-one function?

2. Does the graph represent a one-to-one function?

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3. Does the graph represent a one-to-one function?

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 4. Show that the function is one-to-one by showing that f (a) = f (b) leads
to a = b.

f (x) = 3x − 4

5. Show that the function is one-to-one by showing that f (a) = f (b) leads
to a = b.

x+1
f (x) =
x−5

6. Show that the function is not one-to-one by showing that f (a) = f (b)
does not lead to a = b.

f (x) = (x + 3)(x − 2)

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INVERSE FUNCTIONS

1. What is the inverse of the function?

1
f (x) = x−3
2

2. What is the inverse of the function?

f (x) = − 4x + 5

3. What is the inverse of the function?

2x
f (x) =
x−5

4. What is the inverse of the function?

1
f (x) = + 3
x

5. What is the inverse of the function?

3
f (x) = − −4
x−2

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6. What is the inverse of the function?

x−2
f (x) =
x+3

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FINDING A FUNCTION FROM ITS INVERSE

1. Find f (x) if f −1(x) is a linear function.

f −1(1) = − 2

f −1(−3) = − 1

2. Find f (x) if f −1(x) is a linear function.

f −1(0) = 3

f −1(−2) = 1

3. Find f (x) if f −1(x) is a linear function.

f −1(2) = 5

f −1(4) = 9

4. Find f (x) if f −1(x) is a linear function.

f −1(−4) = 7

f −1(−1) = 14

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5. Find f (x) if f −1(x) is a linear function.

f −1(5) = − 4

f −1(10) = − 12

6. Find f (x) if f −1(x) is a linear function.

f −1(1) = 3

f −1(2) = 6

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