College Algebra (6th Edition)

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Chapter 7 - Summary, Review, and Test - Cumulative Review Exercises (Chapters 1-7) - Page 7074: 16

Answer

$g(f(x)) = x^{2} - 2$

Work Step by Step

$$f(x) = x^{2} - 4 / g(x) = x + 2$$ The exercise asks us to find $g(f(x))$; which means we simply have to substitute $f(x)$ for every term $x$ in the function $g(x)$: $g(f(x)) = (x^{2} - 4) + 2$ $g(f(x)) = x^{2} - 4 + 2$ $g(f(x)) = x^{2} - 2$
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