Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications, Seventh Edition

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Chapter 2 - Section 2.3 - Functions - Exercises - Page 154: 38

Answer

$ad+b=bc+d$

Work Step by Step

We are given the functions: $$\begin{align*} f(x)&=ax+b\\ g(x)&=cx+d. \end{align*}$$ In order to have $f\circ g=g\circ f$ the following equations must be true for all $x$: $$\begin{align*} (f\circ g)(x)&=(g\circ f)(x)\\ f(g(x))&=g(f(x))\\ f(cx+d)&=g(ax+b)\\ a(cx+d)+b&=c(ax+b)+d\\ acx+ad+b&=acx+bc+d\\ ad+b&=bc+d. \end{align*}$$ Therefore the necessary and sufficient condition on the constants $a$, $b$, $c$ and $d$ is $$ad+b=bc+d.$$
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