Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1285741552
ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-155-0

Diagnostic Tests - C Diagnostic Tests: Functions - Page xxix: 7

Answer

(a) $4x^2-8x+2$ (b) $2x^2+4x-5$ (c) $8x-21$

Work Step by Step

$f(x) = x^2+2x-1$ $g(x) = 2x-3$ (a) $f \circ g$ $ = (2x-3)^2+2(2x-3)-1$ $ = 4x^2-12x+9+4x-6-1$ $ = 4x^2-8x+2$ (b) $g \circ f$ $ = 2(x^2+2x-1)-3$ $ = 2x^2+4x-2-3$ $ = 2x^2+4x-5$ (c) $g \circ g$ $= 2(2x-3)-3$ $= 4x-9$ $g\circ g \circ g$ $= 2(4x-9)-3$ $= 8x-21$
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