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 290: 93

Answer

$\color{blue}{\bf{ ( f \text{ }\omicron\text{ g} )(x) = ( g \text{ }\omicron\text{ f} )(x) =x }}$

Work Step by Step

We are given the two functions $\bf{f}$ and $\bf{g}$ $\bf{f(x) = 4x+2 }$ and $\bf{g(x) = \dfrac{1}{4}(x-2) }$ we are asked to show that $\bf{ ( f \text{ }\omicron\text{ g} )(x) = ( g \text{ }\omicron\text{ f} )(x) =x }$ $ ( f \text{ }\omicron\text{ g} )(x)=( g \text{ }\omicron\text{ f} )(x) $ $ 4(\dfrac{1}{4}(x-2))+2 = \dfrac{1}{4}(4x+2-2) $ $ \dfrac{4}{4}(x-2)+2 = \dfrac{4}{4}x+\dfrac{2}{4}-\dfrac{2}{4} $ $ 1(x-2)+2 = 1x $ $ x-2+2 = x $ $x=x$ Thus we see that, $\color{blue}{\bf{ ( f \text{ }\omicron\text{ g} )(x) = ( g \text{ }\omicron\text{ f} )(x) =x }}$
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