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 291: 111

Answer

$\color{blue}{\bf{(a) \text{ } g(x)= \dfrac{x}{2} }}$ $\color{blue}{\bf{(b) \text{ } f(x)= x+1 }}$ $\color{blue}{\bf{(c) \text{ } (f \text{ }\omicron\text{ } {g})(x)= \dfrac{1}{2}x +1 }}$ $\color{blue}{\bf{(d) \text{ } {$}31 }}$

Work Step by Step

The items are on sale for $\dfrac{1}{2}$ the original price $x$, + ${$}1$ $\bf{(a)}$ $g(x)$ is a function for half the price of the original item $\color{blue}{\bf{ g(x)= \dfrac{1}{2}x }}$ $\bf{(b)}$ $f(x)$ is a function that adds $1$ to x $\color{blue}{\bf{ f(x)= x+1 }}$ $\bf{(c)}$ $\color{blue}{\bf{(f \text{ }\omicron\text{ } {g})(x)= \dfrac{1}{2}x +1 }}$ $\bf{(d)}$ To find the sale price of a ${$}60$ item: $(f \text{ }\omicron\text{ } {g})(60)=\dfrac{1}{2}(60) +1$ $(f \text{ }\omicron\text{ } {g})(60)=30 +1$ $(f \text{ }\omicron\text{ } {g})(60)=$ $\color{blue}{\bf{{$}31 }}$
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