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: 24

Answer

$\color{blue}{\bf{ \sqrt{5x-4} -\dfrac{1}{x} }}$ $\color{blue}{\bf{ \sqrt{5x-4} + \dfrac{1}{x} }}$ $\color{blue}{\bf{ \dfrac{ - \sqrt{ 5x-4 } }{x} }}$ $\color{blue}{\bf{ -x \sqrt{5x-4} }}$ $\color{blue}{\bf\text{domain: }{ [ \dfrac{4}{5} ,\infty) }}$

Work Step by Step

We are given the two functions $\bf{f}$ and $\bf{g}$ $\bf{f(x) = \sqrt{5x-4} }$ and $\bf{g(x) = -\dfrac{1}{x} }$ We are asked to find $\bf{( f+g )( x )}$ and its domain. $f(x)+g(x)$ $\color{blue}{\bf{ \sqrt{5x-4} -\dfrac{1}{x} }}$ $x\neq0$ because $\dfrac{1}{0}$ is undefined $5x-4\geq0$ or $ \sqrt{5x-4}$ would not be a real number $5x\geq4$ $x\geq\dfrac{4}{5}$ Therefore the domain is: $\color{blue}{\bf{ [ \dfrac{4}{5} ,\infty) }}$ We are asked to find $\bf{( f-g )( x )}$ and its domain. $f(x)-g(x)$ $\color{blue}{\bf{ \sqrt{5x-4} + \dfrac{1}{x} }}$ Its domain is the same as above, $\color{blue}{\bf{ [ \dfrac{4}{5} ,\infty) }}$ We are asked to find $\bf{( fg )( x )}$ and its domain. $( \sqrt{5x-4} )( -\dfrac{1}{x} ) $ $\color{blue}{\bf{ \dfrac{ - \sqrt{ 5x-4 } }{x} }}$ Its domain is the same as above, $\color{blue}{\bf{ [ \dfrac{4}{5} ,\infty) }}$ We are asked to find $\bf{( \dfrac{f }{ g} )( x)}$ and its domain. $\dfrac{ \sqrt{5x-4} }{ -\dfrac{1}{x} }$ $\dfrac{\sqrt{5x-4}}{1}\div-\dfrac{1}{x}$ $\dfrac{\sqrt{5x-4}}{1}\times-\dfrac{x}{1}$ $\color{blue}{\bf{ -x \sqrt{5x-4} }}$ Its domain is the same as above, $\color{blue}{\bf{ [ \dfrac{4}{5} ,\infty) }}$
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