Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 1 - Section 1.7 - Combinations of Functions; Composite Functions - Exercise Set - Page 258: 31

Answer

The values of $f+g,f-g,fg$ $\text{ and }\frac{f}{g}$ are $f+g=3x+2\ ,f-g=x+4,fg=\ 2{{x}^{2}}+x-3\ ,\frac{f}{g}=\frac{2x+3}{x-1}$ and domain of the functions $f+g,f-g,fg$ is: $\left( -\infty ,\infty \right)$ and that of $\frac{f}{g}$ is $\left( -\infty ,1 \right)\cup \left( 1,\infty \right)$.

Work Step by Step

Calculate the value of $f+g$ as shown below to get: $\begin{align} & f+g=f\left( x \right)+g\left( x \right) \\ & =\ 2x+3+x-1 \\ & =3x+2 \end{align}$ Calculate the value of $f-g$ as shown below to get: $\begin{align} & f-g=f\left( x \right)-g\left( x \right) \\ & =\left( 2x+3 \right)-\left( x-1 \right) \\ & =2x+3-x+1 \\ & =x+4 \end{align}$ Calculate the value of $fg$ as shown below to get: $\begin{align} & fg=f\left( x \right)g\left( x \right) \\ & =\left( 2x+3 \right)\left( x-1 \right) \\ & =2x\left( x-1 \right)+3\left( x-1 \right) \\ & =2{{x}^{2}}-2x+3x-3 \end{align}$ $=2{{x}^{2}}+x-3$ Calculate the value of $\frac{f}{g}$ as shown below to get: $\begin{align} & \frac{f}{g}=\frac{f\left( x \right)}{g\left( x \right)} \\ & =\frac{2x+3}{x-1} \end{align}$ If the function $\frac{f}{g}$ is divided by zero, it will be undefined. So, put the denominator $x-1$ equal to zero. Therefore, $\begin{align} & x-1=0 \\ & x=1 \end{align}$ Now, the domain of the function $\frac{f}{g}$ is all real numbers except 1. Therefore, the domain of $\frac{f}{g}$ is $\left( -\infty ,1 \right)\cup \left( 1,\infty \right)$ The functions $f+g,f-g,fg$ do not involve any division or do not contain even roots, so the domain of the functions $f+g,f-g,fg$ is the set of real numbers -- that is, $\left( -\infty ,\infty \right)$
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