Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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

Chapter 1 - Problems - Page 76: 16

Answer

It is not true in general that: $f\circ (g+h) = f\circ g+f\circ h$

Work Step by Step

We can find a counterexample to show that the given statement is not true in general. Suppose $f(x) = x^2$ Let $g(x) = 1$ and let $h(x) = x$ We can find $f \circ (g+h):$ $f \circ (g+h)$ $= f(x+1)$ $= (x+1)^2$ $= x^2+2x+1$ We can find $f\circ g + f \circ h$: $f\circ g + f \circ h$ $= f(1) + f(x)$ $= (1)^2 + x^2$ $= x^2+1$ We can see that: $f\circ (g+h) \neq f\circ g+f\circ h$
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