Function Operations and

Composition of Functions
Function Operations and Composition of Functions

Students will be able to:

1. Combine standard function types using arithmetic
operations
2. Compose functions

Key Vocabulary:
 Function operation
 Composition of function
Function Operations and Composition of Functions

Function Operations
Let and be any two functions. You can add, subtract,
multiply or divide and to form a new function.
The domain of new function consist of the -values that
are in the domains of both and .
When new function involves division, the domain does
not include -values for which the denominator is equal
to zero.
Function Operations and Composition of Functions

OPERATION DEFINITION

Addition  
Subtraction  
Multiplication  

Division
Function Operations and Composition of Functions
Sample Problem 1: : Find and for each and .

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a. 𝒇 ( 𝒙 )= 𝒙 +𝟐 𝒙 −𝟏 𝒈 ( 𝒙 ) =𝒙 −𝟓
Function Operations and Composition of Functions
Sample Problem 1: : Find and for each and .

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a. 𝒇 ( 𝒙 )= 𝒙 +𝟐 𝒙 −𝟏 𝒈 ( 𝒙 ) =𝒙 −𝟓
( 𝒇 +𝒈 )( 𝒙 )=(𝒙¿ ¿𝟐+𝟐 𝒙 − 𝟏)+(𝒙 −𝟓)¿
( 𝒇 + 𝒈 )( 𝒙 )=𝒙 𝟐 +𝟑 𝒙 −𝟔
Function Operations and Composition of Functions
Sample Problem 1: : Find and for each and .

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b. 𝒇 ( 𝒙 )= 𝒙 +𝟐 𝒙 −𝟏 𝒈 ( 𝒙 ) =𝒙 −𝟓
( 𝒇 − 𝒈 )( 𝒙 )=(𝒙 ¿¿𝟐+𝟐𝒙 −𝟏)− ( 𝒙 −𝟓 ) ¿
( 𝒇 − 𝒈 )( 𝒙 )= 𝒙 𝟐 +𝟐 𝒙 −𝟏 − 𝒙 +𝟓
( 𝒇 − 𝒈 )( 𝒙 )= 𝒙 𝟐 + 𝒙+𝟒
Function Operations and Composition of Functions
Sample Problem 1: : Find and for each and .

c. 𝒇 ( 𝒙 )= 𝒙𝟐 +𝟐 𝒙 −𝟏 𝒈 ( 𝒙 ) =𝒙 −𝟓
( 𝒇 ∗𝒈 ) ( 𝒙 ) =(𝒙 ¿¿𝟐+𝟐 𝒙 −𝟏)∗(𝒙 − 𝟓)¿
( 𝒇 ∗ 𝒈 ) ( 𝒙 ) =𝒙𝟑 −𝟑 𝒙𝟐 −𝟏𝟏 𝒙+𝟓
Function Operations and Composition of Functions
Sample Problem 1: : Find and for each and .

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d. 𝒇 ( 𝒙 )= 𝒙 +𝟐 𝒙 −𝟏 𝒈 ( 𝒙 ) =𝒙 −𝟓

( )
𝟐
𝒇 𝒙 +𝟐 𝒙 − 𝟏
( 𝒙 )=
𝒈 𝒙−𝟓
Function Operations and Composition of Functions
Sample Problem 2: : Find and for each and .

𝟐
a. 𝒇 ( 𝒙 )= 𝒙 − 𝟖𝟏 𝒈 ( 𝒙 ) =𝒙+𝟗
Function Operations and Composition of Functions
Sample Problem 2: : Find and for each and .

𝟐
a. 𝒇 ( 𝒙 )= 𝒙 − 𝟖𝟏 𝒈 ( 𝒙 ) =𝒙+𝟗
( 𝒇 + 𝒈 )( 𝒙 )=( 𝒙 𝟐 −𝟖𝟏)+( 𝒙 +𝟗)
( 𝒇 + 𝒈 )( 𝒙 )=𝒙 𝟐 + 𝒙 −𝟕𝟐
Function Operations and Composition of Functions
Sample Problem 2: : Find and for each and .

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b. 𝒇 ( 𝒙 )= 𝒙 − 𝟖𝟏 𝒈 ( 𝒙 ) =𝒙+𝟗
( 𝒇 − 𝒈 )( 𝒙 )=(𝒙 ¿¿𝟐− 𝟖𝟏)− ( 𝒙+𝟗 ) ¿
( 𝒇 − 𝒈 )( 𝒙 )= 𝒙 𝟐 − 𝟖𝟏 − 𝒙 − 𝟗
( 𝒇 − 𝒈 )( 𝒙 )= 𝒙 𝟐 − 𝒙 −𝟗𝟎
Function Operations and Composition of Functions
Sample Problem 2: : Find and for each and .

c. 𝒇 ( 𝒙 )= 𝒙 𝟐 − 𝟖𝟏 𝒈 ( 𝒙 ) =𝒙+𝟗
( 𝒇 ∗𝒈 ) ( 𝒙 ) =(𝒙 ¿¿𝟐− 𝟖𝟏)∗(𝒙 +𝟗)¿
𝟑 𝟐
( 𝒇 ∗ 𝒈 ) ( 𝒙 ) =𝒙 +𝟗 𝒙 −𝟖𝟏 𝒙 − 𝟕𝟐𝟗
Function Operations and Composition of Functions
Sample Problem 2: : Find and for each and .

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d. 𝒇 ( 𝒙 )= 𝒙 − 𝟖𝟏 𝒈 ( 𝒙 ) =𝒙+𝟗

( )
𝒇
𝒈
( 𝒙 )=
𝒙 𝟐 −𝟖𝟏 (𝒙+𝟗)(𝒙 − 𝟗)
𝒙+𝟗
=
𝒙+𝟗
( 𝒈 )= 𝒙 − 𝟗
𝒇
Function Operations and Composition of Functions

Composition of Functions
The composition of function with function is defined by
The domain of the composite function is the set of all such that:
1. is in the domain of and
2. is in the domain of .
Function Operations and Composition of Functions

𝒙 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒈

𝒙 𝒈𝒈(𝒙 ) 𝒇 𝒇 (𝒈 ( 𝒙 ) )

𝒈 ( 𝒙 ) 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒅𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒇

Function Operations and Composition of Functions

Sample Problem 3: Find each composite function.

a. 𝒇 ( 𝒙 )=𝟐 𝒙 −𝟑 𝒈 ( 𝒙 ) =𝒙+𝟏
( 𝒇 ∘ 𝒈 )( 𝒙 )=?
Function Operations and Composition of Functions

Sample Problem 3: Find each composite function.

a. 𝒇 ( 𝒙 )=𝟐 𝒙 −𝟑 𝒈 ( 𝒙 ) =𝒙+𝟏
( 𝒇 ∘ 𝒈 )( 𝒙 )=?
( 𝒇 ∘ 𝒈 )( 𝒙 )= 𝒇 ( 𝒈 ( 𝒙 ) )
𝒇 ( 𝒈 ( 𝒙 ) )=𝟐 ( 𝒈 ( 𝒙 ) ) −𝟑
𝒇 ( 𝒈 ( 𝒙 ) )=𝟐 ( 𝒙+𝟏 ) − 𝟑
𝒇 ( 𝒈 ( 𝒙 ) )=𝟐 𝒙+𝟐 − 𝟑
𝒇 ( 𝒈 ( 𝒙 ) )=𝟐 𝒙 − 𝟏
Function Operations and Composition of Functions

Sample Problem 3: Find each composite function.

b. 𝒇 ( 𝒙 )= 𝒙 −𝟑 𝒈 ( 𝒙 ) =𝒙 𝟐 +𝟏
( 𝒈 ∘ 𝒇 )( 𝒙 )=?
Function Operations and Composition of Functions

Sample Problem 3: Find each composite function.

b. 𝒇 ( 𝒙 )= 𝒙 −𝟑 𝒈 ( 𝒙 ) =𝒙 𝟐 +𝟏
( 𝒈 ∘ 𝒇 )( 𝒙 )=?
( 𝒈 ∘ 𝒇 )( 𝒙 )=𝒈 ( 𝒇 ( 𝒙 ) )
𝟐
𝒈 ( 𝒇 ( 𝒙 ) )=( 𝒇 ( 𝒙 ) ) +𝟏
𝒈 ( 𝒇 ( 𝒙 ) )= ( 𝒙 − 𝟑 ) + 𝟏
𝟐

𝒈 ( 𝒇 ( 𝒙 ) )=𝒙 𝟐 − 𝟔 𝒙 +𝟗+𝟏
𝒈 ( 𝒇 ( 𝒙 ) )=𝒙 − 𝟔 𝒙 +𝟏𝟎
𝟐
Function Operations and Composition of Functions

Sample Problem 3: Find each composite function

𝟐 𝟏
c. 𝒇 ( 𝒙 )= 𝒈 ( 𝒙)= ( 𝒇 ∘ 𝒈 )( 𝒙 )=?
𝒙−𝟑 𝒙
Function Operations and Composition of Functions

Sample Problem 3: Find each composite function.

𝟐 𝟏
c. 𝒇 ( 𝒙 )= 𝒈 ( 𝒙)= ( 𝒇 ∘ 𝒈 )( 𝒙 )=?
𝒙−𝟑 𝒙
( 𝒇 ∘ 𝒈 )( 𝒙 )= 𝒇 ( 𝒈 ( 𝒙 ) )
𝟐 𝟏
𝒇 ( 𝒈 ( 𝒙 ) )= ≠ 𝟎 𝒙 ≠𝟎
𝒈 ( 𝒙) −𝟑 𝒙
𝟐 𝟏 𝟏
𝒇 ( 𝒈 ( 𝒙 ) )= − 𝟑≠ 𝟎 𝒙 ≠
𝟏 𝒙 𝟑
−𝟑
𝒙
𝟐𝒙
𝒇 ( 𝒈 ( 𝒙 ) )=
𝟏 −𝟑 𝒙
Function Operations and Composition of Functions

Sample Problem 3: Find each composite function.

𝟐 𝟏
d. 𝒇 ( 𝒙 )= 𝒈 ( 𝒙 ) = ( 𝒈 ∘ 𝒇 )( 𝒙 )=?
𝒙 𝒙
Function Operations and Composition of Functions

Sample Problem 3: Find each composite function.

𝟐 𝟏
d. 𝒇 ( 𝒙 )= 𝒈 ( 𝒙 ) = ( 𝒈 ∘ 𝒇 )( 𝒙 )=?
𝒙 𝒙
( 𝒈 ∘ 𝒇 )( 𝒙 )=𝒈 ( 𝒇 ( 𝒙 ) )
𝟏 𝟐
𝒈 ( 𝒇 ( 𝒙 ) )= ≠𝟎 𝒙 ≠ 𝟎
𝒇 (𝒙) 𝒙
𝟏
𝒈 ( 𝒇 ( 𝒙 ) )=
𝟐
𝒙
𝒙
𝒈 ( 𝒇 ( 𝒙 ) )=
𝟐
Function Operations and Composition of Functions

Sample Problem 4: : Find and then evaluate each composite function.

a. 𝒇 ( 𝒙 )= √ 𝒙 𝒈 ( 𝒙 )= 𝒙 − 𝟐 ( 𝒇 ∘ 𝒈 )( 𝟔 )=?
Function Operations and Composition of Functions

Sample Problem 4: : Find and then evaluate each composite function.

a. 𝒇 ( 𝒙 )= √ 𝒙 𝒈 ( 𝒙 )= 𝒙 − 𝟐 ( 𝒇 ∘ 𝒈 )( 𝟔 )=?
( 𝒇 ∘ 𝒈 )( 𝒙 )= 𝒇 ( 𝒈 ( 𝒙 ) ) 𝒇 ( 𝒈 ( 𝟔 ) ) =√ 𝟔− 𝟐
𝒇 ( 𝒈 ( 𝒙 ) )= √ 𝒈 ( 𝒙 ) 𝒇 ( 𝒈 ( 𝟔 ) ) =√ 𝟒
𝒇 ( 𝒈 ( 𝒙 ) )=√ 𝒙 − 𝟐 𝒇 ( 𝒈 ( 𝟔 ) ) =𝟐
Function Operations and Composition of Functions

Sample Problem 4: : Find and then evaluate each composite function.

𝒙 +𝟑
b. 𝒇 ( 𝒙 )=𝟔 𝒙 −𝟏 𝒈 ( 𝒙 )= ( 𝒈 ∘ 𝒇 ) ( 𝟐 )=?
𝟐
Function Operations and Composition of Functions

Sample Problem 4: : Find and then evaluate each composite function.

𝒙 +𝟑
b. 𝒇 ( 𝒙 )=𝟔 𝒙 −𝟏 𝒈 ( 𝒙 )= ( 𝒈 ∘ 𝒇 ) ( 𝟐 )=?
𝟐
( 𝒈 ∘ 𝒇 )( 𝒙 )=𝒈 ( 𝒇 ( 𝒙 ) )
𝒇 ( 𝒙 ) +𝟑
𝒈 ( 𝒇 ( 𝒙 ) )= 𝒈 ( 𝒇 ( 𝟐 ) ) =𝟑∗ 𝟐+𝟏
𝟐
𝒈 ( 𝒇 ( 𝒙 ) )=
(𝟔 𝒙 − 𝟏)+𝟑 𝒈 ( 𝒇 ( 𝟐 ) ) =𝟕
𝟐
𝟔 𝒙+𝟐 𝟐(𝟑 𝒙 +𝟏)
𝒈 ( 𝒇 ( 𝒙 ) )= =
𝟐 𝟐
𝒈 ( 𝒇 ( 𝒙 ) )=𝟑 𝒙+𝟏
Function Operations and Composition of Functions

YOUR TURN!
Given: f(x) = 2x + 2 and g(x) = (x + 2)2
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