Calculus, 10th Edition (Anton)

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ISBN 10: 0-47064-772-8
ISBN 13: 978-0-47064-772-1

Chapter 0 - Before Calculus - Chapter 0 Review Exercises - Page 48: 25

Answer

a) $fog=gof=x$ b) Bissector of first and third quadrants

Work Step by Step

a) In order to g be the inverse of f, we need to have: $f(g(x))=x$ $g(f(x))=x$ We mean that the composite function fog and gof has to be the identity function $h(x)=x$ b) The graphs of f and g are simmetric with respect to the bissector of first and third quadrant. This occurs because $f=g^{-1}$
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