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: 20

Answer

$\color{blue}{\bf{ -7x + 7 }; \text{ domain } (-\infty,\infty) }$ $\color{blue}{\bf{ x+5 }; \text{ domain } (-\infty,\infty) }$ $\color{blue}{\bf{ 12x^2-27x+6 }; \text{ domain } (-\infty,\infty) }$ $\color{blue}{\bf{ \dfrac{ 6 - 3x }{ -4x + 1 } }; \text{ domain } (-\infty, \dfrac{1}{4} )\bigcup( \dfrac{1}{4} ,\infty) }$

Work Step by Step

We are given the two functions $\bf{f}$ and $\bf{g}$ $\bf{f(x) = 6 - 3x }$ and $\bf{g(x) = -4x + 1 }$ We are asked to find $\bf{( f+g )( x )}$ and its domain: $( 6 - 3x )+( -4x + 1 ) $ $- 3x -4x + 6+1 $ $\color{blue}{\bf{ -7x + 7 }}$ $x$ 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: $( 6 - 3x )-( -4x + 1 )$ $ 6 - 3x +4x - 1 $ $ 4x - 3x +6 - 1 $ $\color{blue}{\bf{ x+5 }}$ $x$ 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: $( 6 - 3x )( -4x + 1 ) $ $-24x+6+12x^2-3x$ $\color{blue}{\bf{ 12x^2-27x+6 }}$ $x$ 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: $\color{blue}{\bf{ \dfrac{ 6 - 3x }{ -4x + 1 } }}$ Since division by $0$ is undefined, $ -4x + 1 \neq 0 $ $ -4x \neq -1 $ $x \neq \dfrac{1}{4} $ so its domain is: $\color{blue}{\bf{ (-\infty, \dfrac{1}{4} )\bigcup( \dfrac{1}{4} ,\infty) }}$
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