Precalculus (6th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 013421742X
ISBN 13: 978-0-13421-742-0

Chapter 2 - Graphs and Functions - 2.8 Function Operations and Composition - 2.8 Exercises - Page 286: 19

Answer

$\color{blue}{\bf{ 5x - 1 }; \text{ domain } (-\infty,\infty) }$ $\color{blue}{\bf{ x +9 }; \text{ domain } (-\infty,\infty) }$ $\color{blue}{\bf{ 6x^2-7x-20 }; \text{ domain } (-\infty,\infty) }$ $\color{blue}{\bf{ \dfrac{ 3x + 4 }{ 2x - 5 } }; \text{ domain } (-\infty,\dfrac{5}{2})\bigcup(\dfrac{5}{2},\infty) }$

Work Step by Step

We are given the two functions $\bf{f}$ and $\bf{g}$ $\bf{f(x) = 3x + 4 }$ and $\bf{g(x) = 2x - 5 }$ We are asked to find $\bf{( f+g )( x )}$ and its domain: $3x + 4+ 2x - 5 $ $\color{blue}{\bf{ 5x - 1 }}$ $x$ can be any real number so its domain is: $\color{blue}{\bf{ (-\infty,\infty) }}$ We are asked to find $\bf{( f-g )( x )}$ and its domain: $3x + 4 -(2x - 5)$ $3x -2x +4+ 5$ $\color{blue}{\bf{ x +9 }}$ $x$ can be any real number so its domain is: $\color{blue}{\bf{ (-\infty,\infty) }}$ We are asked to find $\bf{( fg )( x )}$ and its domain: $(3x + 4)(2x - 5) $ $6x^2-15x+8x-20$ $\color{blue}{\bf{ 6x^2-7x-20 }}$ $x$ can be any real number so its domain is: $\color{blue}{\bf{ (-\infty,\infty) }}$ We are asked to find $\bf{( \dfrac{f}{g} )( x )}$ and its domain: $\color{blue}{\bf{ \dfrac{ 3x + 4 }{ 2x - 5 } }}$ Since division by $0$ is undefined, $2x - 5\neq0$ $2x \neq5$ $x \neq\dfrac{5}{2}$ so its domain is: $\color{blue}{\bf{ (-\infty,\dfrac{5}{2})\bigcup(\dfrac{5}{2},\infty) }}$
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