Precalculus: Concepts Through Functions, A Unit Circle Approach to Trigonometry (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 4 - Exponential and Logarithmic Functions - Section 4.1 Composite Functions - 4.1 Assess Your Understanding - Page 280: 66

Answer

a) $\dfrac{amx+mb}{cx+d}$ b) $\dfrac{amx+mb}{cx+d}$ c) The domain of $(f\circ g) (x)$ is $\mathbb{R}$, $x\ne \frac{-d}{cm}$ The domain of $(g\circ f) (x)$ is $\mathbb{R}$, $x\ne \frac{-d}{c}$ d) $\dfrac{amx+b}{cmx+d}=\dfrac{amx+mb}{cx+d}$

Work Step by Step

We have the composite functions: a) $(f\circ g) (x) =f[g(x)]=\dfrac{amx+b}{cmx+d}$ b) $(g\circ f) (x) = g[f(x)]=\dfrac{amx+mb}{cx+d}$ c) The domain of both composite functions is all real numbers, except that we cannot divide by zero for certain $x$ values. Thus, we have: $cmx+d \ne 0$ $x\ne \frac{-d}{cm}$ and $cx+d \ne 0$ $x \ne \frac{-d}{c}$ Thus the domain of $(f\circ g) (x)$ is $\mathbb{R}$, $x\ne \frac{-d}{cm}$ And the domain of $(g\circ f) (x)$ is $\mathbb{R}$, $x\ne \frac{-d}{c}$ d) The functions $f(x)$ and $g(x)$ are known as inverse functions. So, we can equate $(f\circ g) (x)=(g\circ f) (x)$ or, $f[g(x)]=g[f(x)]$ as follows: $\dfrac{amx+b}{cmx+d}=\dfrac{amx+mb}{cx+d}$
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