Function Operations and

Composition of Functions
STM II
Function Operations and Composition of Functions

Students will be able to:

Combine standard function types using arithmetic
operations
Compose functions
Key Vocabulary:
Function operation
Composition of function
Domain of composite function
Function Operations and Composition of Functions
Function Operations
Let 𝒇 and 𝒈 be any two functions. You can add, subtract,
multiply or divide 𝒇 𝒙 and 𝒈(𝒙) to form a new
function.
The domain of new function consist of the 𝒙 -values that
are in the domains of both 𝒇 𝒙 and 𝒈(𝒙).
When new function involves division, the domain does
not include 𝒙 -values for which the denominator is equal
to zero.
Function Operations and Composition of Functions

Operation Definition
𝒇 + 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝒇 𝒙 + 𝒈(𝒙)
Addition
𝒇 − 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝒇 𝒙 − 𝒈(𝒙)
Subtraction
𝒇 ∗ 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝒇 𝒙 ∗ 𝒈(𝒙)
Multiplication
𝒇 ÷ 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝒇 𝒙 ÷ 𝒈(𝒙)
Division 𝒇 𝒇 𝒙
𝒙 = 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒈(𝒙) ≠ 𝟎
𝒈 𝒈(𝒙)
Function Operations and Composition of Functions
Sample Problem 1: : Find 𝒇 + 𝒈 𝒙 , 𝒇 − 𝒈 𝒙 , 𝒇 ∗ 𝒈 𝒙 , and
𝒇
𝒙 for each 𝒇 𝒙 and 𝒈(𝒙). Determine the domain of each new
𝒈
function.
a. 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟏 𝒈 𝒙 =𝒙−𝟓
Function Operations and Composition of Functions
Sample Problem 1: : Find 𝒇 + 𝒈 𝒙 , 𝒇 − 𝒈 𝒙 , 𝒇 ∗ 𝒈 𝒙 , and
𝒇
𝒙 for each 𝒇 𝒙 and 𝒈(𝒙). Determine the domain of each new
𝒈
function.
a. 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟏 𝒈 𝒙 =𝒙−𝟓
𝒇 + 𝒈 𝒙 = (𝒙𝟐 +𝟐𝒙 − 𝟏) + (𝒙 − 𝟓)
𝒇 + 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟔

𝑫𝒇+𝒈 = (−∞, ∞)
Function Operations and Composition of Functions
Sample Problem 1: : Find 𝒇 + 𝒈 𝒙 , 𝒇 − 𝒈 𝒙 , 𝒇 ∗ 𝒈 𝒙 , and
𝒇
𝒙 for each 𝒇 𝒙 and 𝒈(𝒙). Determine the domain of each new
𝒈
function.
a. 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟏 𝒈 𝒙 =𝒙−𝟓
𝒇 − 𝒈 𝒙 = (𝒙𝟐 +𝟐𝒙 − 𝟏) − 𝒙 − 𝟓
𝒇 − 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟏 − 𝒙 + 𝟓
𝒇 − 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒙 + 𝟒
𝑫𝒇−𝒈 = (−∞, ∞)
Function Operations and Composition of Functions
Sample Problem 1: : Find 𝒇 + 𝒈 𝒙 , 𝒇 − 𝒈 𝒙 , 𝒇 ∗ 𝒈 𝒙 , and
𝒇
𝒙 for each 𝒇 𝒙 and 𝒈(𝒙). Determine the domain of each new
𝒈
function.
a. 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟏 𝒈 𝒙 =𝒙−𝟓
𝒇 ∗ 𝒈 𝒙 = (𝒙𝟐 +𝟐𝒙 − 𝟏) ∗ (𝒙 − 𝟓)
𝒇 ∗ 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝒙𝟑 − 𝟑𝒙𝟐 − 𝟏𝟏𝒙 + 𝟓

𝑫𝒇∗𝒈 = −∞, ∞
Function Operations and Composition of Functions
Sample Problem 1: : Find 𝒇 + 𝒈 𝒙 , 𝒇 − 𝒈 𝒙 , 𝒇 ∗ 𝒈 𝒙 , and
𝒇
𝒙 for each 𝒇 𝒙 and 𝒈(𝒙). Determine the domain of each new
𝒈
function.
a. 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟏 𝒈 𝒙 =𝒙−𝟓
𝒇 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟏
𝒙 =
𝒈 𝒙−𝟓

𝑫 𝒇 = (−∞, 𝟓) ∪ (𝟓, ∞)
𝒈
Function Operations and Composition of Functions
Sample Problem 1: : Find 𝒇 + 𝒈 𝒙 , 𝒇 − 𝒈 𝒙 , 𝒇 ∗ 𝒈 𝒙 , and
𝒇
𝒙 for each 𝒇 𝒙 and 𝒈(𝒙). Determine the domain of each new
𝒈
function.
b. 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟖𝟏 𝒈 𝒙 =𝒙+𝟗
Function Operations and Composition of Functions
Sample Problem 1: : Find 𝒇 + 𝒈 𝒙 , 𝒇 − 𝒈 𝒙 , 𝒇 ∗ 𝒈 𝒙 , and
𝒇
𝒙 for each 𝒇 𝒙 and 𝒈(𝒙). Determine the domain of each new
𝒈
function.
b. 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟖𝟏 𝒈 𝒙 =𝒙+𝟗
𝒇 + 𝒈 𝒙 = (𝒙𝟐 − 𝟖𝟏) + (𝒙 + 𝟗)
𝒇 + 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒙 − 𝟕𝟐

𝑫𝒇+𝒈 = (−∞, ∞)
Function Operations and Composition of Functions
Sample Problem 1: : Find 𝒇 + 𝒈 𝒙 , 𝒇 − 𝒈 𝒙 , 𝒇 ∗ 𝒈 𝒙 , and
𝒇
𝒙 for each 𝒇 𝒙 and 𝒈(𝒙). Determine the domain of each new
𝒈
function.
b. 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟖𝟏 𝒈 𝒙 =𝒙+𝟗
𝒇 − 𝒈 𝒙 = (𝒙𝟐 −𝟖𝟏) − 𝒙 + 𝟗
𝒇 − 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟖𝟏 − 𝒙 − 𝟗
𝒇 − 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒙 − 𝟗𝟎
𝑫𝒇−𝒈 = (−∞, ∞)
Function Operations and Composition of Functions
Sample Problem 1: : Find 𝒇 + 𝒈 𝒙 , 𝒇 − 𝒈 𝒙 , 𝒇 ∗ 𝒈 𝒙 , and
𝒇
𝒙 for each 𝒇 𝒙 and 𝒈(𝒙). Determine the domain of each new
𝒈
function.
b. 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟖𝟏 𝒈 𝒙 =𝒙+𝟗
𝒇 ∗ 𝒈 𝒙 = (𝒙𝟐 −𝟖𝟏) ∗ (𝒙 + 𝟗)
𝒇 ∗ 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝒙𝟑 + 𝟗𝒙𝟐 − 𝟖𝟏𝒙 − 𝟕𝟐𝟗

𝑫𝒇∗𝒈 = (−∞, ∞)
Function Operations and Composition of Functions
Sample Problem 1: : Find 𝒇 + 𝒈 𝒙 , 𝒇 − 𝒈 𝒙 , 𝒇 ∗ 𝒈 𝒙 , and
𝒇
𝒙 for each 𝒇 𝒙 and 𝒈(𝒙). Determine the domain of each new
𝒈
function.
b. 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟖𝟏 𝒈 𝒙 =𝒙+𝟗
𝒇 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟖𝟏 (𝒙 + 𝟗)(𝒙 − 𝟗)
𝒙 = =
𝒈 𝒙+𝟗 𝒙+𝟗
𝒇
=𝒙−𝟗 If the function can be simplified,
𝒈
determine the domain before
𝑫 𝒇 = (−∞, −𝟗) ∪ (−𝟗, ∞) simplifying!
𝒈
Function Operations and Composition of Functions

Composition of Functions
The composition of function 𝒇 with function 𝒈 is defined by (𝒇 ∘
𝒈) 𝒙 = 𝒇 𝒈(𝒙)
The domain of the composite function 𝒇 ∘ 𝒈 is the set of all such that:
1. 𝒙 is in the domain of 𝒈 and
2. 𝒈 𝒙 is in the domain of 𝒇.
Function Operations and Composition of Functions

𝒙 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒈

𝒙 𝒈 𝒈 𝒙 𝒇 𝒇(𝒈 𝒙 )

𝒈 𝒙 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒇

Function Operations and Composition of Functions
Sample Problem 2: Find each composite function. Determine the
domain of each composite function.
a. 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟑 𝒈 𝒙 =𝒙+𝟏
𝒇 ∘ 𝒈 𝒙 =? 𝑫𝒇∘𝒈 =?
Function Operations and Composition of Functions
Sample Problem 2: Find each composite function. Determine the
domain of each composite function.
a. 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟑 𝒈 𝒙 =𝒙+𝟏
𝒇 ∘ 𝒈 𝒙 =? 𝑫𝒇∘𝒈 =?
𝒇∘𝒈 𝒙 =𝒇 𝒈 𝒙
𝒇 𝒈 𝒙 =𝟐 𝒈 𝒙 −𝟑
𝒇 𝒈 𝒙 =𝟐 𝒙+𝟏 −𝟑 𝑫𝒇∘𝒈 = (−∞, ∞)
𝒇 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟐 − 𝟑
𝒇 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟏
Function Operations and Composition of Functions
Sample Problem 2: Find each composite function. Determine the
domain of each composite function.
b. 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒙 − 𝟑 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟏
𝒈 ∘ 𝒇 𝒙 =? 𝑫𝒈∘𝒇 =?
Function Operations and Composition of Functions
Sample Problem 2: Find each composite function. Determine the
domain of each composite function.
b. 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒙 − 𝟑 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟏
𝒈 ∘ 𝒇 𝒙 =? 𝑫𝒈∘𝒇 =?
𝒈∘𝒇 𝒙 =𝒈 𝒇 𝒙
𝟐
𝒈 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒇 𝒙 +𝟏
𝒈 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒙−𝟑 𝟐
+𝟏 𝑫𝒈∘𝒇 = (−∞, ∞)

𝒈 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 + 𝟗 + 𝟏
𝒈 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 + 𝟏𝟎
Function Operations and Composition of Functions
Sample Problem 2: Find each composite function. Determine the
domain of each composite function.
𝟐 𝟏
c. 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝒇 ∘ 𝒈 𝒙 =? 𝑫𝒇∘𝒈 =?
𝒙−𝟑 𝒙
Function Operations and Composition of Functions
Sample Problem 2: Find each composite function. Determine the
domain of each composite function.
𝟐 𝟏
c. 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝒇 ∘ 𝒈 𝒙 =?
𝒙−𝟑 𝒙
𝒇∘𝒈 𝒙 =𝒇 𝒈 𝒙
𝟐 𝟏
𝒇 𝒈 𝒙 = ≠𝟎 𝒙≠𝟎
𝒈 𝒙 −𝟑 𝒙
𝟐 𝟏 𝟏
𝒇 𝒈 𝒙 = −𝟑≠𝟎 𝒙≠
𝟏 𝒙 𝟑
−𝟑
𝒙
𝟐𝒙
𝒇 𝒈 𝒙 =
𝟏 − 𝟑𝒙
Function Operations and Composition of Functions
Sample Problem 2: Find each composite function. Determine the
domain of each composite function.
𝟐 𝟏
c. 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝑫𝒇∘𝒈 =?
𝒙−𝟑 𝒙

𝑫𝒈 = (−∞, 𝟎) ∪ (𝟎, ∞)
𝟏 𝟏
𝑫𝒇∘𝒈 = (−∞, 𝟎) ∪ (𝟎, ) ∪ ( , ∞)
𝟑 𝟑
Function Operations and Composition of Functions
Sample Problem 2: Find each composite function. Determine the
domain of each composite function.
𝟐 𝟏
d. 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝒈 ∘ 𝒇 𝒙 =? 𝑫𝒈∘𝒇 =?
𝒙 𝒙
Function Operations and Composition of Functions
Sample Problem 2: Find each composite function. Determine the
domain of each composite function.
𝟐 𝟏
d. 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝒈 ∘ 𝒇 𝒙 =?
𝒙 𝒙
𝒈∘𝒇 𝒙 =𝒈 𝒇 𝒙
𝟏 𝟐
𝒈 𝒇 𝒙 = ≠𝟎 𝒙≠𝟎
𝒇 𝒙 𝒙
𝟏
𝒈 𝒇 𝒙 =
𝟐
𝒙
𝒙
𝒈 𝒇 𝒙 =
𝟐
Function Operations and Composition of Functions
Sample Problem 2: Find each composite function. Determine the
domain of each composite function.
𝟐 𝟏
d. 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝑫𝒈∘𝒇 =?
𝒙 𝒙

𝑫𝒈 = (−∞, 𝟎) ∪ (𝟎, ∞)
𝑫𝒈∘𝒇 = (−∞, 𝟎) ∪ (𝟎, ∞)
Function Operations and Composition of Functions
Sample Problem 3: : Find and then evaluate each composite function.

a. 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒙 𝒈 𝒙 =𝒙−𝟐 𝒇 ∘ 𝒈 𝟔 =?
Function Operations and Composition of Functions
Sample Problem 3: : Find and then evaluate each composite function.

a. 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒙 𝒈 𝒙 =𝒙−𝟐 𝒇 ∘ 𝒈 𝟔 =?

𝒇∘𝒈 𝒙 =𝒇 𝒈 𝒙 𝒇 𝒈 𝟔 = 𝟔−𝟐
𝒇 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝒈 𝒙 𝒇 𝒈 𝟔 = 𝟒
𝒇 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝒙−𝟐 𝒇 𝒈 𝟔 =𝟐
Function Operations and Composition of Functions
Sample Problem 3: : Find and then evaluate each composite function.
𝒙+𝟑
b. 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟏 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝒈 ∘ 𝒇 𝟐 =?
𝟐
Function Operations and Composition of Functions
Sample Problem 3: : Find and then evaluate each composite function.
𝒙+𝟑
b. 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟏 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝒈 ∘ 𝒇 𝟐 =?
𝟐
𝒈∘𝒇 𝒙 =𝒈 𝒇 𝒙
𝒇 𝒙 +𝟑
𝒈 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒈 𝒇 𝟐 =𝟑∗𝟐+𝟏
𝟐
(𝟔𝒙 − 𝟏) + 𝟑 𝒈 𝒇 𝟐 =𝟕
𝒈 𝒇 𝒙 =
𝟐
𝟔𝒙 + 𝟐 𝟐(𝟑𝒙 + 𝟏)
𝒈 𝒇 𝒙 = =
𝟐 𝟐
𝒈 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟏
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