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Directions
Initial Submission
• You MUST read sections 2.8 in your textbook and watch the lecture videos on ALEKS BEFORE you complete
this assignment.
• Complete the problems below, making sure to show all your work. Your work must be neat, legible, and easy to
follow to earn full credit.
• Submit a copy of your original work in the weekly folder in Our Classroom on Blackboard.
• YOU WILL NOT BE PENALIZED FOR INCORRECT ANSWERS ON YOUR INITIAL SUBMISSION.
Final Submission
• Once you have completed the problems and after the deadline for the initial submission, you will see the key and
the explanation video appear in weekly folder in Blackboard.
• You should watch the explanation video and check your work with the key.
• CIRCLE with a different colored pen/pencil or HIGHLIGHT any errors you made in your work.
• Correct your mistakes next to your original work.
• DO NOT ERASE YOUR ORIGINAL WORK.
• Complete the reflection sheet.
• Submit a copy your corrections (Making sure that you submit the entire concept check) -and- the reflection sheet
in the weekly folder in Our Classroom on Blackboard.

Grading Rubric
Original Submission 20 points
Corrections 20 points
Reflection 10 points

1. Given 𝑓𝑓(𝑥𝑥) = 3𝑥𝑥 − 2 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 𝑔𝑔(𝑥𝑥) = 𝑥𝑥 2 + 2𝑥𝑥 + 1, find the following:

a. (𝑓𝑓 + 𝑔𝑔)(𝑥𝑥)

f x gx
3 2 x 2 1
2 5 1
3 2 7 12 1 x

b. (𝑓𝑓 + 𝑔𝑔)(4)

42 5 4 1
16 20 1
35

c. (𝑓𝑓 − 𝑔𝑔)(𝑥𝑥)

f x g x
1 2 1
3 2 1
2 1
3 2 x2 22 1 s 3 x 2x 2

3
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d. (𝑓𝑓 − 𝑔𝑔)(4)

4274 3

16 4 3 15
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5 𝑥𝑥
2. Given the functions 𝑓𝑓(𝑥𝑥) = 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 𝑔𝑔(𝑥𝑥) = , find the following:
𝑥𝑥+1 𝑥𝑥−2

𝑓𝑓
a. � � (𝑥𝑥)
𝑔𝑔

Agim
7T
𝑓𝑓
b. The domain of � � (𝑥𝑥)
𝑔𝑔

an E
Domain x 1 U 1 0 U 0 x

𝑔𝑔
c. � � (𝑥𝑥)
𝑓𝑓

tl a

𝑔𝑔
d. The domain of � � (𝑥𝑥)
𝑓𝑓

an set

0 20 2 m
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3. Given 𝑓𝑓(𝑥𝑥) = 𝑥𝑥 + 4 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 𝑔𝑔(𝑥𝑥) = 9 − 𝑥𝑥 , find the following and simplify:

a. (𝑓𝑓 ∘ 𝑔𝑔)(𝑥𝑥)
2
9 4
2
13
b. (𝑔𝑔 ∘ 𝑓𝑓)(𝑥𝑥)

9 1 4 3
8 16
9 1 78 16
c. (𝑓𝑓 ∘ 𝑓𝑓)(𝑥𝑥)

4
418
5 𝑥𝑥
4. Given the functions 𝑞𝑞(𝑥𝑥) = 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 𝑟𝑟(𝑥𝑥) = .
𝑥𝑥 𝑥𝑥+2

a. Determine the composite function (𝑞𝑞 ∘ 𝑟𝑟)(𝑥𝑥) and simplify. (Hint: Which function is the input function?)

Ix 2

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x
1 5 11
b. State the domain of 𝑞𝑞 ∘ 𝑟𝑟 in interval notation. (Hint: Identify the excluded values of the input function and
also find the excluded values of 𝑞𝑞 ∘ 𝑟𝑟.)

set 9
in'd Domain x 2 v 2,0 u 0,0
Xf
set 0
go
excluded values 2 0
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5. Given the following functions, 𝑚𝑚(𝑥𝑥) = 𝑥𝑥 2 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 𝑎𝑎(𝑥𝑥) = 5√𝑥𝑥 + 8:

a. Determine the composite function (𝑎𝑎 ∘ 𝑚𝑚)(𝑥𝑥) and simplify. (Hint: Which function is the input function?)

nom x s SET ex

b. State the domain of 𝑎𝑎 ∘ 𝑚𝑚 in interval notation. (Hint: Identify the excluded values of the input function and
also find the excluded values of 𝑎𝑎 ∘ 𝑚𝑚.)

pH set 870 8
Domain 8 m
wilt all real numbers
𝑥𝑥−6
6. Given the function 𝑓𝑓(𝑥𝑥) =
𝑥𝑥+1

a. Find 𝑓𝑓 −1 (𝑥𝑥)

in
Ii
b. Find the domain and range of 𝑓𝑓 and 𝑓𝑓 −1. (Hint: The Domain of a function is the range of its inverse)

to 1 U 1,0 w 1 U t g
Domain of 𝑓𝑓:_______________________ Domain of 𝑓𝑓 −1: ______________________

1 0 1,0 try llull

Range of 𝑓𝑓: ________________________ Range of 𝑓𝑓 −1 : _______________________
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7. Find two functions of your choice 𝑓𝑓 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 𝑔𝑔 so that (𝑓𝑓 ∘ 𝑔𝑔)(𝑥𝑥) = 𝐻𝐻(𝑥𝑥) where 𝐻𝐻(𝑥𝑥) = √16 − 𝑥𝑥
(Hint: There are many correct answers to this question – you just need to make sure that when you compose the two
functions and their composition is 𝐻𝐻(𝑥𝑥). )

g x 16
x

f x
f 911

14
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8. Oviya has 120 yards of fencing and wishes to enclose a rectangular area. Express the area of the rectangle, A, as a
function of the width, W, of the rectangle.

P 120

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W
60
W w.jp
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L 60 W

9. An open box with a square base is to be made from a square piece of cardboard 24 inches on a side by cutting out a
square from each corner and turning up the sides. (See figure below.)

a. Express the volume V of the box as a function of the length x of the side of the square cut from each corner.

V LW H

24 2x 24 2x
x
V x
24 2 12
b. What is the volume if a 3-inch square is cut out?

972in
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10. Let 𝑃𝑃 = (𝑥𝑥, 𝑦𝑦) be a point on the graph of 𝑦𝑦 = 𝑥𝑥 2 − 6.

c. Express the distance, d, from P to the origin as a function of

x.

d FTE

d. What is d if 𝑥𝑥 = 1?

d V26
11. Given the figure to the right,
a. Write an expression 𝐴𝐴1 (𝑥𝑥) that represents the area of the
rectangle.

A x 4 s x 4X
b. Write an expression 𝐴𝐴2 (𝑥𝑥) that represents the area of the
semicircle.

A x A1 Tx

c. Find (𝐴𝐴1 − 𝐴𝐴2 )(𝑥𝑥) and interpret its meaning.