# 3.4 Composition of functions  (Page 8/9)

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$h\left(x\right)={\left(\frac{8+{x}^{3}}{8-{x}^{3}}\right)}^{4}$

$h\left(x\right)=\sqrt{2x+6}$

sample: $\begin{array}{l}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}f\left(x\right)=\sqrt{x}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\\ \text{\hspace{0.17em}}g\left(x\right)=2x+6\end{array}$

$h\left(x\right)={\left(5x-1\right)}^{3}$

$h\left(x\right)=\sqrt[3]{x-1}$

sample: $\begin{array}{l}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}f\left(x\right)=\sqrt[3]{x}\\ \text{\hspace{0.17em}}g\left(x\right)=\left(x-1\right)\end{array}$

$h\left(x\right)=|{x}^{2}+7|$

$h\left(x\right)=\frac{1}{{\left(x-2\right)}^{3}}$

sample: $\begin{array}{l}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}f\left(x\right)={x}^{3}\\ \text{\hspace{0.17em}}g\left(x\right)=\frac{1}{x-2}\end{array}$

$h\left(x\right)={\left(\frac{1}{2x-3}\right)}^{2}$

$h\left(x\right)=\sqrt{\frac{2x-1}{3x+4}}$

sample: $\begin{array}{l}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}f\left(x\right)=\sqrt{x}\\ \text{\hspace{0.17em}}g\left(x\right)=\frac{2x-1}{3x+4}\end{array}$

## Graphical

For the following exercises, use the graphs of $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}f,$ shown in [link] , and $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}g,$ shown in [link] , to evaluate the expressions.

$f\left(g\left(3\right)\right)$

$f\left(g\left(1\right)\right)$

2

$g\left(f\left(1\right)\right)$

$g\left(f\left(0\right)\right)$

5

$f\left(f\left(5\right)\right)$

$f\left(f\left(4\right)\right)$

4

$g\left(g\left(2\right)\right)$

$g\left(g\left(0\right)\right)$

0

For the following exercises, use graphs of $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}f\left(x\right),$ shown in [link] , $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}g\left(x\right),$ shown in [link] , and $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}h\left(x\right),$ shown in [link] , to evaluate the expressions.

$g\left(f\left(1\right)\right)$

$g\left(f\left(2\right)\right)$

2

$f\left(g\left(4\right)\right)$

$f\left(g\left(1\right)\right)$

1

$f\left(h\left(2\right)\right)$

$h\left(f\left(2\right)\right)$

4

$f\left(g\left(h\left(4\right)\right)\right)$

$f\left(g\left(f\left(-2\right)\right)\right)$

4

## Numeric

For the following exercises, use the function values for shown in [link] to evaluate each expression.

$x$ $f\left(x\right)$ $g\left(x\right)$
0 7 9
1 6 5
2 5 6
3 8 2
4 4 1
5 0 8
6 2 7
7 1 3
8 9 4
9 3 0

$f\left(g\left(8\right)\right)$

$f\left(g\left(5\right)\right)$

9

$g\left(f\left(5\right)\right)$

$g\left(f\left(3\right)\right)$

4

$f\left(f\left(4\right)\right)$

$f\left(f\left(1\right)\right)$

2

$g\left(g\left(2\right)\right)$

$g\left(g\left(6\right)\right)$

3

For the following exercises, use the function values for shown in [link] to evaluate the expressions.

 $x$ $f\left(x\right)$ $g\left(x\right)$ $-3$ 11 $-8$ $-2$ 9 $-3$ $-1$ 7 0 0 5 1 1 3 0 2 1 $-3$ 3 $-1$ $-8$

$\left(f\circ g\right)\left(1\right)$

$\left(f\circ g\right)\left(2\right)$

11

$\left(g\circ f\right)\left(2\right)$

$\left(g\circ f\right)\left(3\right)$

0

$\left(g\circ g\right)\left(1\right)$

$\left(f\circ f\right)\left(3\right)$

7

For the following exercises, use each pair of functions to find $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}f\left(g\left(0\right)\right)\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$ and $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}g\left(f\left(0\right)\right).$

$f\left(x\right)=4x+8,\text{\hspace{0.17em}}g\left(x\right)=7-{x}^{2}$

$f\left(x\right)=5x+7,\text{\hspace{0.17em}}g\left(x\right)=4-2{x}^{2}$

$f\left(g\left(0\right)\right)=27,\text{\hspace{0.17em}}g\left(f\left(0\right)\right)=-94$

$f\left(x\right)=\sqrt{x+4},\text{\hspace{0.17em}}g\left(x\right)=12-{x}^{3}$

$f\left(x\right)=\frac{1}{x+2},\text{\hspace{0.17em}}g\left(x\right)=4x+3$

$f\left(g\left(0\right)\right)=\frac{1}{5},\text{\hspace{0.17em}}g\left(f\left(0\right)\right)=5$

For the following exercises, use the functions $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}f\left(x\right)=2{x}^{2}+1\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$ and $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}g\left(x\right)=3x+5\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$ to evaluate or find the composite function as indicated.

$f\left(g\left(2\right)\right)$

$f\left(g\left(x\right)\right)$

$18{x}^{2}+60x+51$

$g\left(f\left(-3\right)\right)$

$\left(g\circ g\right)\left(x\right)$

$g\circ g\left(x\right)=9x+20$

## Extensions

For the following exercises, use $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}f\left(x\right)={x}^{3}+1\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$ and $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}g\left(x\right)=\sqrt[3]{x-1}.$

Find $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\left(f\circ g\right)\left(x\right)\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$ and $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\left(g\circ f\right)\left(x\right).\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$ Compare the two answers.

Find $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\left(f\circ g\right)\left(2\right)\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$ and $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\left(g\circ f\right)\left(2\right).$

2

What is the domain of $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\left(g\circ f\right)\left(x\right)?$

What is the domain of $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\left(f\circ g\right)\left(x\right)?$

$\left(-\infty ,\infty \right)$

Let $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}f\left(x\right)=\frac{1}{x}.$

1. Find $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\left(f\circ f\right)\left(x\right).$
2. Is $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\left(f\circ f\right)\left(x\right)\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$ for any function $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}f\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$ the same result as the answer to part (a) for any function? Explain.

For the following exercises, let $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}F\left(x\right)={\left(x+1\right)}^{5},\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$ $f\left(x\right)={x}^{5},\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$ and $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}g\left(x\right)=x+1.$

True or False: $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\left(g\circ f\right)\left(x\right)=F\left(x\right).$

False

True or False: $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\left(f\circ g\right)\left(x\right)=F\left(x\right).$

For the following exercises, find the composition when $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}f\left(x\right)={x}^{2}+2\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$ for all $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}x\ge 0\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$ and $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}g\left(x\right)=\sqrt{x-2}.$

$\left(f\circ g\right)\left(6\right);\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\left(g\circ f\right)\left(6\right)$

$\left(f\circ g\right)\left(6\right)=6$ ; $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\left(g\circ f\right)\left(6\right)=6$

$\left(g\circ f\right)\left(a\right);\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\left(f\circ g\right)\left(a\right)$

$\left(f\circ g\right)\left(11\right);\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\left(g\circ f\right)\left(11\right)$

$\left(f\circ g\right)\left(11\right)=11\text{\hspace{0.17em}},\text{\hspace{0.17em}}\left(g\circ f\right)\left(11\right)=11$

## Real-world applications

The function $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}D\left(p\right)\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$ gives the number of items that will be demanded when the price is $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}p.\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$ The production cost $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}C\left(x\right)\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$ is the cost of producing $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}x\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$ items. To determine the cost of production when the price is $6, you would do which of the following? 1. Evaluate $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}D\left(C\left(6\right)\right).$ 2. Evaluate $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}C\left(D\left(6\right)\right).$ 3. Solve $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}D\left(C\left(x\right)\right)=6.$ 4. Solve $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}C\left(D\left(p\right)\right)=6.$ The function $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}A\left(d\right)\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$ gives the pain level on a scale of 0 to 10 experienced by a patient with $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}d\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$ milligrams of a pain-reducing drug in her system. The milligrams of the drug in the patient’s system after $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}t\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$ minutes is modeled by $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}m\left(t\right).\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$ Which of the following would you do in order to determine when the patient will be at a pain level of 4? 1. Evaluate $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}A\left(m\left(4\right)\right).$ 2. Evaluate $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}m\left(A\left(4\right)\right).$ 3. Solve $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}A\left(m\left(t\right)\right)=4.$ 4. Solve $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}m\left(A\left(d\right)\right)=4.$ c A store offers customers a 30% discount on the price $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}x\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$ of selected items. Then, the store takes off an additional 15% at the cash register. Write a price function $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}P\left(x\right)\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$ that computes the final price of the item in terms of the original price $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}x.\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$ (Hint: Use function composition to find your answer.) A rain drop hitting a lake makes a circular ripple. If the radius, in inches, grows as a function of time in minutes according to $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}r\left(t\right)=25\sqrt{t+2},\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$ find the area of the ripple as a function of time. Find the area of the ripple at $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}t=2.$ $A\left(t\right)=\pi {\left(25\sqrt{t+2}\right)}^{2}\text{\hspace{0.17em}}$ and $\text{\hspace{0.17em}}A\left(2\right)=\pi {\left(25\sqrt{4}\right)}^{2}=2500\pi$ square inches A forest fire leaves behind an area of grass burned in an expanding circular pattern. 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