Calculus (3rd Edition)

Published by W. H. Freeman
ISBN 10: 1464125260
ISBN 13: 978-1-46412-526-3

Chapter 1 - Precalculus Review - 1.3 The Basic Classes of Functions - Exercises - Page 23: 28

Answer

$(f \circ g)(x) = x^4$, $(g \circ f)(x) = x^4$. Domains: $(-\infty, 0) \cup (0, \infty)$.

Work Step by Step

$(f \circ g)(x) = f(g(x)) = f(x^{-4}) = (x^{-4})^{-1} = x^4$, $(g \circ f)(x) = g(f(x)) = g(x^{-1}) = (x^{-1})^{-4} = x^4$. The domains $D_f, D_g$ are the same and equal to $(-\infty, 0) \cup (0, \infty)$. Similarly, the domains of the compositions $f \circ g$ and $g \circ f$ are the same and equal to $(-\infty, 0) \cup (0, \infty)$.
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