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The document discusses operations with functions including finding the sum, difference, product, and quotient of two functions (f+g), (f-h), (f⋅g), and (f/h). It provides examples of finding the function and domain for each of these operations given three functions f(x), g(x), and h(x). It also covers composing two functions and finding composite functions with restricted domains.

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1 - 6 Function - Operations - and - Composition - of - Functions

The document discusses operations with functions including finding the sum, difference, product, and quotient of two functions (f+g), (f-h), (f⋅g), and (f/h). It provides examples of finding the function and domain for each of these operations given three functions f(x), g(x), and h(x). It also covers composing two functions and finding composite functions with restricted domains.

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Operations with Functions

A. Given f (x) = x 2 2x, g (x) = 3x 4, and


h (x) = 2x 2 + 1, find the function and domain for
(f + g)(x).
(f + g)(x) = f(x) + g(x)
Definition of sum of
two functions
= (x 2 2x) +
(3x 4)
f (x) = x
2
2x;
g (x) = 3x 4
The domain of f and g are both
so the domain
2
=
x
+x4
of (f + g) is
Simplify.
Answer:

Operations with Functions

B. Given f (x) = x 2 2x, g (x) = 3x 4, and


h (x) = 2x 2 + 1, find the function and domain for
(f h)(x).
(f h)(x) = f(x) h(x)
Definition of difference
of two functions

The domain of f and h are both


of (f h) is
Answer:

= (x 2 2x) (
2x 2 + 1)
f(x) = x 2
2x;
h(x) = 2x 2 + 1
so
the2
domain
= 3x
2x 1
Simplify.

Operations with Functions

C. Given f (x) = x 2 2x, g(x) = 3x 4, and


h (x) = 2x 2 + 1, find the function and domain for
(f g)(x).
(f g)(x) = f (x) g(x)
Definition of product of
two functions
= (x 2 2x)(3x
4)
f (x) = x 2 2x;
g (x) = 3x 4
The domain of f and g are both
of (f g) is
Answer:

8x

3
2
=
3x

10x
so the domain+
Simplify.

Operations with Functions

D. Given f (x) = x 2 2x, g (x) = 3x 4, and


h (x) = 2x 2 + 1, find the function and domain for

Definition of quotient of two


functions
f(x) = x 2 2x; h(x) = 2x 2 + 1

Operations with Functions

The domains of h and f are both (, ), but x = 0 or


x = 2 yields a zero in the denominator of
domain of

Answer:

. So, the

(, 0) (0, 2) (2, ).

D = (, 0) (0, 2) (2, )

Find (f + g)(x), (f g)(x), (f g)(x), and

for

f (x) = x 2 + x, g (x) = x 3. State the domain of each


new function.

A.

B.

C.

D.

Compose Two Functions

A. Given f (x) = 2x2 1 and g (x) = x + 3, find [f g](x).

= f (x + 3)

Replace g (x) with x + 3

= 2(x + 3)2 1

Substitute x + 3 for
x in f (x).

= 2(x 2 + 6x + 9) 1 Expand (x +3)2


= 2x 2 + 12x + 17

Simplify.

Answer: [f g](x) = 2x 2 + 12x + 17

Compose Two Functions

B. Given f (x) = 2x2 1 and g (x) = x + 3, find [g f](x).

Answer:

= (2x 2 1) + 3

Substitute 2x 2 1 for
x in g (x).

= 2x 2 + 2

Simplify

[g f](x) = 2x 2 + 2

Compose Two Functions

C. Given f (x) = 2x 2 1 and g (x) = x + 3, find [f g](2).


Evaluate the expression you wrote in part A for x = 2.
[f g](2) = 2(2)2 + 12(2) + 17
= 49

Answer: [f g](2) = 49

Substitute 2 for x.
Simplify.

Find
and g (x) = 4 + x 2.

A. 2x 2 + 11; 4x 2 12x + 13; 23


B. 2x 2 + 11; 4x 2 12x + 5; 23
C. 2x 2 + 5; 4x 2 12x + 5; 23
D. 2x 2 + 5; 4x 2 12x + 13; 23

for f (x) = 2x 3

Find a Composite Function with a Restricted


Domain

A. Find

To find

Find a Composite Function with a Restricted


Domain

, you must first be able to find g(x) = (x 1) 2,

which can be done for all real numbers. Then you must
be able to evaluate

for each of these

g (x)-values, which can only be done when g (x) > 1.


Excluding from the domain those values for which
0 < (x 1) 2 <1, namely when 0 < x < 1, the domain of
f g is (, 0] [2, ). Now find [f g](x).

Find a Composite Function with a Restricted


Domain

Replace g (x) with (x 1)2.


Substitute (x 1)2 for x in
f (x).
Simplify.
Notice that
is not defined for 0 < x < 2.
Because the implied domain is the same as the
domain determined by considering the domains of
f and g, we can write the composition as
for (, 0] [2, ).

Find a Composite Function with a Restricted


Domain

Answer:

for (, 0] [2, ).

Find a Composite Function with a Restricted


Domain

B. Find f g.

Find a Composite Function with a Restricted


Domain

To find f g, you must first be able to find

which can be done for all real numbers x such that x2 1.


Then you must be able to evaluate

for each of

these g (x)-values, which can only be done when g (x) 0.


Excluding from the domain those values for which
0 > x 2 1, namely when 1 < x < 1, the domain of f g is
(, 1) (1, ). Now find [f g](x).

Find a Composite Function with a Restricted


Domain

Find a Composite Function with a Restricted


Domain

Answer:

Check Use

Find a Composite Function with a Restricted


aDomain
graphing calculator to check this result.

Enter the function as

. The graph appears

to have asymptotes at x = 1 and x = 1. Use the


TRACE feature to help determine that the domain of
the composite function does not include any values in
the interval [1, 1].

Find a Composite Function with a Restricted


Domain

Find f g.

A. D = (, 1) (1, 1) (1, );
B. D = [1, 1];
C. D = (, 1) (1, 1) (1, );
D. D = (0, 1);

Decompose a Composite Function

A. Find two functions f and g such that


when

. Neither function may be the

identity function f (x) = x.

Decompose a Composite Function

Sample answer:

Decompose a Composite Function

B. Find two functions f and g such that


when h (x) = 3x 2 12x + 12. Neither function may
be the identity function f (x) = x.
h (x) = 3x2 12x + 12

Notice that h is
factorable.

= 3(x2 4x + 4) or 3(x
2) 2
Factor.
One way to write h (x) as a composition is to let
f (x) = 3x2 and g (x) = x 2.

Decompose a Composite Function

Sample answer: g (x) = x 2 and f (x) = 3x 2

A.
B.
C.
D.

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