Precalculus (6th Edition)

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Chapter 2 - Graphs and Functions - 2.8 Function Operations and Composition - 2.8 Exercises - Page 290: 91

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Work Step by Step

Step 1. Given $f(x)=3x-2, g(x)=2x-3$, we have $(f\circ g)(x)=f(g(x))=3(2x-3)-2=6x-11$ Step 2. $(g\circ f)(x)=g(f(x))=2(3x-2)-3=6x-7$ Step 3. We conclude that $(f\circ g)(x)\ne (g\circ f)(x)$ for this case.
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