Composite Functions

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1 f(x) = 3x + 4 g(x) = x + 10 h(x) = x2

(a) Work out fg(x)

Give your answer in the form ax + b where a and b are integers

fg(x) =
(2)

(b) Work out gf(x)

Give your answer in the form ax + b where a and b are integers

gf(x) =
(2)
(a) Work out gh(x)

gh(x) =
(1)
(Total for Question 1 is 5 marks)

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2 f(x) = x – 3 g(x) = x2 + 1 h(x) = 10x

(a) Work out fg(x)

Fully simplify your answer.

fg(x) =
(2)
(b) Work out hg(x)
Fully simplify your answer.

hg(x) =
(2)
(c) Work out gh(x)
Fully simplify your answer.

gh(x) =
(2)
(Total for Question 2 is 6 marks)

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3 f(x) = g(x) = 4x – 8 h(x) = x
4

(a) Work out fg(x)

Fully simplify your answer.

fg(x) =
(2)
(b) Work out gf(x)
Fully simplify your answer.

gf(x) =
(2)
(c) Work out hf(x)
Fully simplify your answer.

hf(x) =
(2)
(Total for Question 3 is 6 marks)

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4 f(x) = x – 5 g(x) = x2 + 30

(a) Work out fg(x)

Fully simplify your answer.

fg(x) =
(2)
(b) Work out fg(3)

(2)
(c) Work out gf(x)
Give your answer in the form ax2 + bx + c where a, b and c are integers.

gf(x) =
(3)
(Total for Question 4 is 7 marks)

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5 f(x) = 2x + 1 g(x) = x + 3

(a) Work out g(13)

(1)
(b) Work out fg(13)

(1)

(c) Work out gf(16)

(2)
(Total for Question 5 is 4 marks)

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6 f(x) = x + 2 g(x) = x3 h(x) = x

(a) Work out gf(3)

(2)
(b) Work out gh(x)
Give your answer in the form xk where k is a fraction.

gh(x) =
(2)
(c) Work out gf(x)
Give your answer in the form ax3 + bx2 + cx + d where a, b, c and d are integers.

gf(x) =
(3)
(Total for Question 6 is 7 marks)

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7 f(x) = 2x g(x) = 1 – x h(x) = 2 + x

(a) Work out gf(-3)

(2)
hg(x) – gh(x) = k where k is an integer.

(b) Find the value of k.

k=
(4)
fh(x)
(c) Show that = 2ax + b where a and b are integers.
fg(x)

(3)
(Total for Question 7 is 9 marks)

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