Calculus, 10th Edition (Anton)

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ISBN 10: 0-47064-772-8
ISBN 13: 978-0-47064-772-1

Chapter 0 - Before Calculus - Chapter 0 Review Exercises - Page 47: 14

Answer

(a) $\frac{(3 − x)}{x}$ (b) No

Work Step by Step

(a) $f(x) = \frac{(2x − 1)}{(x + 1)}$, $g(x) = \frac{1}{(x − 1)}$ $f(g(x)) = \frac{2(\frac{1}{(x - 1)}) - 1}{(\frac{1}{x - 1}) + 1} = \frac{\frac{2 - (x - 1)}{x -1}}{\frac{1 + (x - 1)}{x -1}}$ $f(g(x)) = \frac{2 - x + 1}{1 + x -1} = \frac{3 - x}{x}$ (b) No; the definition of $f(g(x))$ requires $g(x)$ to be defined, so $x \ne 1$, and $f(g(x))$ requires $g(x) \ne −1$, so we must have $g(x) \ne −1$, i.e. $x \ne 0$; whereas $h(x)$ only requires $x \ne 0$
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