Honors Precalculus Name:

WS 1.5 - 6

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Find: a) (f + g)(x) b) (f – g)(x) c) (fg)(x) d)
()g
( x)
e) domain of d)

1. f(x) = 2x – 5, g(x) = 1 – x

2. f(x) = x2 + 5, g(x) = 1 x

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3. f(x) = x , g(x) = x

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4. f(x) = x  1 , g(x) = x3

5. If f(x) = 1 – 4x and g(x) = 2x – 5, find a) ( f  g )( x ) b) ( g  f )( x ) c) (g ∘ f )(2 )

6. If f(x) = 2 x and g(x) = x + 3, find a) ( f  g )( x ) and b) ( g  f )( x ) .

7. If f(x) = 2 – 2x and g(x) = x2 + 1, find a) ( f  g )( x ) and b) ( g  f )( x ) .

Find two functions f and g such that (f ◦ g)(x) = h(x).

8. h(x) = (1 – x)3 9. h(x) = (x + 4)2 + 2(x + 4)

10. True or False? If f(x) = x + 1 and g(x) = 6x, then (f ◦ g)(x) = (g ◦ f)(x). If false, show why.
Determine if each function is one-to-one.

11. 12. 13.

Find the inverse of each function.

3x+4
14. f(x) = √ x−2 15. f(x) = 16. f(x) = 3x3 – 4
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Show that f and g are inverses algebraically.

x−1 −5 x +1
17. f(x) = , g(x) =
x+5 x−1

Use the functions f(x) = x + 4 and g(x) = 2x – 5 to find the specified function.

18. g-1 ° f-1 19. f-1 ° g-1 20. (f ° g)-1

The table shows women’s shoe sizes in the US and the corresponding European shoe sizes. Let y = g(x)
represent the function that gives the women’s European shoe size in terms of x, the women’s U.S. size.

U.S. Shoe European Shoe 21. Is g one-to-one?

Size Size
4 35 22. Find g(6) 24. Find g-1(42)
5 37
6 38
7 39
8 40
9 42
23. Find g(g-1(39)) 25. Find g-1(g(5))