Question

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Given: f(x) = x2-3 and g(x) = x+1
The composite function of is
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Answer 1

A composite function means that you are evaluating one function into another function.

So, fog(x) can be written as:

f(g(x))

and gof(x) = g(f(x))

this means that instead of the variable "x", we are evaluating the functions with other function.

Let's solve this:

f(x) = x^2 - 3

g(x) = x + 1

then:

> gof(x) =g(f(x)) = f(x) + 1 = (x^2 - 3) + 1 = x^2 - 2

> fog(x) =f(g(x)) = g(x)^2 - 3 = (x + 1)^2 - 3 = x^2 + 2x + 1 - 3 = x^2 + 2x - 2