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: 23

Answer

$\color{blue}{\bf{ \sqrt{4x-1} + \dfrac{1}{x} }}$ $\color{blue}{\bf{ \sqrt{4x-1} - \dfrac{1}{x} } }$ $\color{blue}{\bf{ \dfrac{ \sqrt{4x-1} }{x} } }$ $\color{blue}{\bf{ x\sqrt{4x-1} }}$ $\color{blue}{\bf{ \text{ all domains are } [ \dfrac{1}{4} ,\infty) }}$

Work Step by Step

We are given the two functions $\bf{f}$ and $\bf{g}$ $\bf{f(x) = \sqrt{4x-1} }$ and $\bf{g(x) = \dfrac{1}{x} }$ We are asked to find $\bf{( f+g )( x )}$ and its domain. $f(x)+g(x)$ $\color{blue}{\bf{ \sqrt{4x-1} + \dfrac{1}{x} }}$ $x\neq0$ because $\dfrac{1}{0}$ is undefined $4x-1\geq0$ or $ \sqrt{4x-1}$ would not be a real number $4x\geq1$ $x\geq\dfrac{1}{4}$ Therefore the domain is: $\color{blue}{\bf{[ \dfrac{1}{4} ,\infty) }}$ We are asked to find $\bf{( f-g )( x )}$ and its domain. $f(x)-g(x)$ $\color{blue}{\bf{ \sqrt{4x-1} - \dfrac{1}{x} }}$ Its domain is the same as above, $\color{blue}{\bf{[ \dfrac{1}{4} ,\infty) }}$ We are asked to find $\bf{( fg )( x )}$ and its domain. $( \sqrt{4x-1} )( \dfrac{1}{x} ) $ $\color{blue}{\bf{ \dfrac{ \sqrt{4x-1} }{x} }}$ $x$ can be any real number so its domain is: $\color{blue}{\bf{ (-\infty,\infty) }}$ Its domain is the same as above, $\color{blue}{\bf{[ \dfrac{1}{4} ,\infty) }}$ We are asked to find $\bf{( \dfrac{f }{ g} )( x)}$ and its domain. $\dfrac{ \sqrt{4x-1} }{ \dfrac{1}{x} }$ $ \dfrac{ \sqrt{4x-1} }{1}\div\dfrac{1}{x}$ $ \dfrac{ \sqrt{4x-1} }{1}\times{\dfrac{x}{1}}$ $\color{blue}{\bf{ x\sqrt{4x-1} }}$ Its domain is the same as above, $\color{blue}{\bf{[ \dfrac{1}{4} ,\infty) }}$
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