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04.2 Operations On Functions

This document discusses operations that can be performed on functions, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and composition of functions. It provides the rules for how to calculate the sum, difference, product and quotient of two functions f(x) and g(x). Examples are given of finding the sum, quotient and composition of specific functions like f(x)=x+1 and g(x)=x^2-1. The key conditions for the composition of functions are that (f o g)(x) = f(g(x)) and x must be in the domain of g and g(x) must be in the domain of f.

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04.2 Operations On Functions

This document discusses operations that can be performed on functions, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and composition of functions. It provides the rules for how to calculate the sum, difference, product and quotient of two functions f(x) and g(x). Examples are given of finding the sum, quotient and composition of specific functions like f(x)=x+1 and g(x)=x^2-1. The key conditions for the composition of functions are that (f o g)(x) = f(g(x)) and x must be in the domain of g and g(x) must be in the domain of f.

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4.

2 Operations on
Functions

Rita Korsunsky
The Sum, Difference, Product,
and Quotient of functions

 f  g  x   f  x   g  x 
 f  g  x   f  x   g  x 
 f  g  x   f  x   g  x 
f f  x
  x   , g  x  0
g g x
Example 1
Let f ( x)  x  1 and g ( x)  x 2  1. Find a rule for each of
f 
the following functions : a.  f  g  x  b.  x 
g
a)  f  g   x   f  x   g  x    x  1   x 2  1
x x 2

 f  f  x x 1
b)    x    2
g g  x x 1

x 1 1
  , provided x  1
 x  1  x  1 x  1
Graphs
Graph of f(x)+g(x) Graph of f(x)-g(x)

f(x)+g(x) f(x)

g(x) g(x)

f(x) – g(x)
f(x)
The Composition of Functions
Two conditions:
1. ( f  g )( x)  f ( g ( x))
2. x is in the domain of g and g(x) is in the domain of f.

g f

x g x f  g  x 

 f  g  x 
Example 2

1
Let f  x   2 and g  x   x  2.
x
Find a rule for  f  g  and give the domain of the composite function.

 f  g  x   f  g  x    f  
x  2  g  x  is defined for x  2
1
  f  g  x   is defined for x  2
 
2
x2
1

x2
The domain of f  g is  x x  2 
Example 3
1
Let f  x   and g  x   x  1. Find rules for  f  g  x  and  g  f  x 
x
and give the domain of each composite function

 f  g  x   f  g  x    f  x  1
1 Domain   x x  1 

x 1
1
 g  f  x   g  f  x    g   x0
 x
1
 1 Domain   x x  0 
x
The

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