Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 7 - Cumulative Review Exercises - Page 880: 29

Answer

$\left( f\circ g \right)\left( x \right)=2{{x}^{2}}-3x $ and $\left( g\circ f \right)\left( x \right)=2-2{{x}^{2}}+x $.

Work Step by Step

We have $ f\left( x \right)=2{{x}^{2}}-x-1$ and $ g\left( x \right)=1-x $: Therefore, $\left( f\circ g \right)\left( x \right)$ can be computed as: $\begin{align} & \left( f\circ g \right)\left( x \right)=f\left( g\left( x \right) \right) \\ & =2{{\left( 1-x \right)}^{2}}-\left( 1-x \right)-1 \\ & =2\left( 1+{{x}^{2}}-2x \right)-\left( 1-x \right)-1 \\ & =2{{x}^{2}}-3x \end{align}$ And, $\left( g\circ f \right)\left( x \right)$ is computed as: $\begin{align} & \left( g\circ f \right)\left( x \right)=g\left( f\left( x \right) \right) \\ & =1-\left( 2{{x}^{2}}-x-1 \right) \\ & =2-2{{x}^{2}}+x \end{align}$ Thus, $\left( f\circ g \right)\left( x \right)=2{{x}^{2}}-3x $ and $\left( g\circ f \right)\left( x \right)=2-2{{x}^{2}}+x $.
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