Calculus 10th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-28505-709-0
ISBN 13: 978-1-28505-709-5

Chapter P - P.3 - Functions and Their Graphs - Exercises - Page 28: 71

Answer

(a) $(f \circ g)(3)=4$ (b) $g(f(2))=-2$ (c) $g(f(5))= \text { undefined}$ (d) $(f \circ g)(-3)=3 $ (e) $(g \circ f)(-1)=2$ (f) $f(g(-1))= \text { undefined}$

Work Step by Step

According to the graph of the functions $f$ and $g$, we have $ g(3)=-1, \quad f(-1)=4, \quad f(2) = 1, \quad g(1)= -2, \\ f(5)= -5, \quad g(-3)= -2, \quad f(-2)=3, \quad f(-1)=4, \\ g(4)=2, \quad g(-1)=-4 \, .$ So we have (a) $(f \circ g)(3)=f(g(3))=f(-1)=4$ (b) $g(f(2))=g(1)=-2$ (c) $g(f(5))=g(-5)= \text { undefined}$ (Since $-5$ is not in the domain of $g$) (d) $(f \circ g)(-3)= f(g(-3))=f(-2)=3 $ (e) $(g \circ f)(-1)=g(f(-1))=g(4)=2$ (f) $f(g(-1))=f(-4)= \text { undefined}$ (Since $-4$ is not in the domain of $f$).
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