Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 1 - Section 1.7 - Combinations of Functions; Composite Functions - Exercise Set - Page 258: 69

Answer

a. $\frac{4}{x+4}$ b. $(-\infty,-4)\cup(-4,0)\cup(0,\infty)$

Work Step by Step

Given $f(x)=\frac{x}{x+1}, x\ne-1$ and $g(x)=\frac{4}{x}, x\ne0$, we have: a. $(f\circ g)(x)=\frac{4/x}{4/x+1}=\frac{4}{x+4}$ b. The domain of the above function can be found as $\{x|x\ne-4,0\}$ or $(-\infty,-4)\cup(-4,0)\cup(0,\infty)$ (note that $x=-1$ is in the domain)
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