Calculus 10th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-28505-709-0
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Chapter 5 - Logarithmic, Exponential, and Other Transcendental Functions - 5.3 Exercises - Page 345: 79

Answer

$(g^{-1} o f^{-1})(x) = \frac{x+1}{2}$

Work Step by Step

To find the inverses, replace $f(x)$ by $x$ and $ x$ by $ f^{-1}(x)$ and solve for $ f^{-1}(x)$. Thus $ x = f^{-1}(x)+4 ⇒ f^{-1}(x) = x-4$ And $x= 2g^{-1}(x)-5⇒ g^{-1}(x) = \frac{x+5}{2} $ So, $(g^{-1} o f^{-1})(x) = g^{-1}(f^{-1}(x)) = g^{-1}(x-4) = \frac{(x-4)+5}{2} = \frac{x+1}{2} $
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