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: 15

Answer

$ (f ◦ g ◦ h)(x) = \frac{1}{(2 − x^2)}$ The domain of $f ◦ g ◦ h$ consists of all $x$ except $±1$ and $±\sqrt{2}$

Work Step by Step

$f(x) = \frac{x}{x - 1}$, $g(x) = \frac{1}{x}$, $h(x) = x^2 − 1$ $g(h(x)) = \frac{1}{x^2 - 1}$ $f(g(h(x))) = \frac{\frac{1}{x^2 - 1}}{(\frac{1}{x^2 - 1}) - 1} = \frac{\frac{1}{x^2 - 1}}{\frac{1 - (x^2 - 1)}{x^2 -1}} = \frac{1}{1- x^2 + 1}$ $f(g(h(x))) = \frac{1}{2 - x^2}$ Domain For $g(h(x))$ to be defined, we require $h(x) \ne 0$, i.e. $x \ne ±1$. For $f(g(h(x)))$ to be defined, we also require $g(h(x)) \ne 1$, i.e. $x \ne ±\sqrt{2}$. So The domain of $f ◦ g ◦ h$ consists of all $x$ except $±1$ and $±\sqrt{2}$.
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