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2 Practice - Operations on Functions
Perform the indicated operations.
1) g(a) = a3 + 5a2 2) f (x) = − 3x2 + 3x
f(a) = 2a + 4 g(x) = 2x + 5
Find g(3) + f (3) Find f ( − 4) ÷ g( − 4)
3) g(a) = 3a + 3 4) g(x) = 4x + 3
f (a) = 2a − 2 h(x) = x3 − 2x2
Find (g + f )(9) Find (g − h)( − 1)
5) g(x) = x + 3 6) g(x) = − 4x + 1
f(x) = − x + 4 h(x) = − 2x − 1
Find (g − f )(3) Find g(5) + h(5)
7) g(x) = x2 + 2 8) g(x) = 3x + 1
f (x) = 2x + 5 f (x) = x3 + 3x2
Find (g − f )(0) Find g(2) · f (2)
9) g(t) = t − 3 10) f (n) = n − 5
h(t) = − 3t3 + 6t g(n) = 4n + 2
Find g(1) + h(1) Find (f + g)( − 8)
11) h(t) = t + 5 12) g(a) = 3a − 2
g(t) = 3t − 5 h(a) = 4a − 2
Find (h · g)(5) Find (g + h) ( − 10)
13) h(n) = 2n − 1 14) g(x) = x2 − 2
g(n) = 3n − 5 h(x) = 2x + 5
Find h(0) ÷ g(0) Find g( − 6) + h( − 6)
15) f (a) = − 2a − 4 16) g(n) = n2 − 3
g(a) = a2 + 3 h(n) = 2n − 3
f
Find ( g )(7) Find (g − h)(n)
17) g(x) = − x3 − 2 18) g(x) = 2x − 3
h(x) = 4x h(x) = x3 − 2x2 + 2x
Find (g − h)(x) Find (g − h)(x)
19) f (x) = − 3x + 2 20) g(t) = t − 4
g(x) = x2 + 5x h(t) = 2t
Find (f − g)(x) Find (g · h)(t)
21) g(x) = 4x + 5 22) g(t) = − 2t2 − 5t
h(x) = x2 + 5x h(t) = t + 5
Find g(x) · h(x) Find g(t) · h(t)
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23) f (x) = x2 − 5x 24) f (x) = 4x − 4
g(x) = x + 5 g(x) = 3x2 − 5
Find (f + g)(x) Find (f + g)(x)
25) g(n) = n2 + 5 26) f (x) = 2x + 4
f (n) = 3n + 5 g(x) = 4x − 5
Find g(n) ÷ f (n) Find f (x) − g(x)
27) g(a) = − 2a + 5 28) g(t) = t3 + 3t2
f (a) = 3a + 5 h(t) = 3t − 5
g
Find ( f )(a) Find g(t) − h(t)
29) h(n) = n3 + 4n 30) f (x) = 4x + 2
g(n) = 4n + 5 g(x) = x2 + 2x
Find h(n) + g(n) Find f (x) ÷ g(x)
31) g(n) = n2 − 4n 32) g(n) = n + 5
h(n) = n − 5 h(n) = 2n − 5
Find g(n2) · h(n2) Find (g · h)( − 3n)
33) f (x) = 2x 34) g(a) = − 2a
g(x) = − 3x − 1 h(a) = 3a
Find (f + g)( − 4 − x) Find g(4n) ÷ h(4n)
35) f (t) = t2 + 4t
36) h(n) = 3n − 2
g(t) = 4t + 2
g(n) = − 3n2 − 4n
Find f (t2) + g(t2) n n
Find h( 3 ) ÷ g( 3 )
37) g(a) = a3 + 2a
38) g(x) = − 4x + 2
h(a) = 3a + 4
g h(x) = x2 − 5
Find ( h )( − x)
Find g(x2) + h(x2)
39) f (n) = − 3n2 + 1
40) f (n) = 3n + 4
g(n) = 2n + 1
n g(n) = n3 − 5n
Find (f − g)( 3 ) n n
Find f ( 2 ) − g( 2 )
41) f (x) = − 4x + 1
g(x) = 4x + 3 42) g(x) = x − 1
Find (f ◦ g)(9) Find (g ◦ g)(7)
43) h(a) = 3a + 3 44) g(t) = t + 3
g(a) = a + 1 h(t) = 2t − 5
Find (h ◦ g)(5) Find (g ◦ h)(3)
45) g(x) = x + 4 46) f (a) = 2a − 4
h(x) = x2 − 1 g(a) = a2 + 2a
Find (g ◦ h)(10) Find (f ◦ g)( − 4)
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47) f (n) = − 4n + 2 48) g(x) = 3x + 4
g(n) = n + 4 h(x) = x3 + 3x
Find (f ◦ g)(9) Find (g ◦ h)(3)
49) g(x) = 2x − 4 50) g(a) = a2 + 3
h(x) = 2x3 + 4x2 Find (g ◦ g)( − 3)
Find (g ◦ h)(3)
51) g(x) = x2 − 5x 52) g(a) = 2a + 4
h(x) = 4x + 4 h(a) = − 4a + 5
Find (g ◦ h)(x) Find (g ◦ h)(a)
53) f (a) = − 2a + 2 54) g(t) = − t − 4
g(a) = 4a Find (g ◦ g)(t)
Find (f ◦ g)(a)
56) f (n) = − 2n2 − 4n
55) g(x) = 4x + 4 g(n) = n + 2
f (x) = x3 − 1 Find (f ◦ g)(n)
Find (g ◦ f )(x)
57) g(x) = − x + 5 58) g(t) = t3 − t
f (x) = 2x − 3 f (t) = 3t − 4
Find (g ◦ f )(x) Find (g ◦ f )(t)
59) f (t) = 4t + 3 60) f (x) = 3x − 4
g(t) = − 4t − 2 g(x) = x3 + 2x2
Find (f ◦ g)(t) Find (f ◦ g)(x)
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