Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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

Chapter 1 - Section 1.3 - New Functions from Old Functions - 1.3 Exercises - Page 44: 38

Answer

(a) $f \circ g = \frac{sin~2x}{1+sin~2x}$ domain: all real numbers except $(\frac{3\pi}{4}+n\pi)$, where $n$ is an integer (b) $g \circ f = sin~(\frac{2x}{1+x})$ domain: $(-\infty, -1) \cup (-1, \infty)$ (c) $f \circ f = \frac{x}{1+2x}$ domain: $(-\infty, -1) \cup (-1,-\frac{1}{2}) \cup (-\frac{1}{2}, \infty)$ (d) $g \circ g = sin~(2~sin~2x)$ domain: all real numbers

Work Step by Step

$f(x) = \frac{x}{1+x}$, $g(x) = sin~2x$ (a) We can find $f \circ g$: $f \circ g = \frac{sin~2x}{1+sin~2x}$ The domain includes all real numbers except: $1 + sin~2x = 0$ $sin~2x = -1$ $x = \frac{3\pi}{4}+n\pi$, where $n$ is an integer domain: all real numbers except $(\frac{3\pi}{4}+n\pi)$, where $n$ is an integer (b) We can find $g \circ f$: $g \circ f = sin~(\frac{2x}{1+x})$ domain: $(-\infty, -1) \cup (-1, \infty)$ (c) We can find $f \circ f$: $f \circ f = \frac{(\frac{x}{1+x})}{1+(\frac{x}{1+x})}$ $f \circ f = \frac{\frac{x}{1+x}}{\frac{1+x}{1+x}~+\frac{x}{1+x}}$ $f \circ f = \frac{\frac{x}{1+x}}{\frac{1+2x}{1+x}}$ $f \circ f = \frac{x}{1+x}\cdot \frac{1+x}{1+2x}$ $f \circ f = \frac{x}{1+2x}$ The domain includes all real numbers except $-\frac{1}{2}$ and $-1$ domain: $(-\infty, -1) \cup (-1,-\frac{1}{2}) \cup (-\frac{1}{2}, \infty)$ (d) We can find $g \circ g$: $g \circ g = sin~(2~sin~2x)$ domain: all real numbers
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