Given: Given:

1 2
! ! = ! ! + 4! − 12 ! ! = 2! ! − !
!
! ! = ! − 2 ! ! = !
Find the following and state the Find the following and state the

domain of each new function domain of each new function
(a) (! + !)(!) (b) (! − !)(!) (a) (! + !)(!) (b) (! − !)(!)
!
(c) (! ∙ !)(!) (d)
!
(!) (c) (! ∙ !)(!) (d) (!)
! !


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Given: Given:
3 4
! ! = ! ! + 9 ! ! = ! + 5

! ! = ! ! ! = 4 − !!
Find the following and state the Find the following and state the

domain of each new function domain of each new function
(a) (! + !)(!) (b) (! − !)(!) (a) (! + !)(!) (b) (! − !)(!)
! !
(c) (! ∙ !)(!) (d) (!) (c) (! ∙ !)(!) (d) (!)
! !

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 Given:
5 6 Given:
! ! = ! + 7
! ! = −3! + 5
! ! = ! + 2 − 3
! ! = 2! − 1
Find the following and state the
Find the following:
domain of each new function
(a) (! + !)(!) (b) (! − !)(!) (a) [! ∘ !](!) (b) [! ∘ !](−2)
!
(c) (! ∙ !)(!) (d) (!) (c) !∘! ! (d) [! ∘ !](−2)
!


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7 Given: 8 Given:
! ! = −2! ! − 5! + 3 ! ! = 7 − !!
! ! = −3! + 4 ! ! = ! ! + 1
Find the following: Find the following:
(a) [! ∘ !](!) (b) [! ∘ !](3) (a) [! ∘ !](!) (b) [! ∘ !](2)
(c) !∘! ! (d) [! ∘ !](7) (c) !∘! ! (d) [! ∘ !](3)

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 9 Given: 10 Given:
! ! = ! ! − 9 ! ! = −! !
! ! = ! ! + 11! + 7 ! ! = 3 + !!
Find the following: Find the following:
(a) [! ∘ !](!) (b) [! ∘ !](−3) (a) [! ∘ !](!) (b) [! ∘ !](−1)
(c) !∘! ! (d) [! ∘ !](−3) (c) !∘! ! (d) [! ∘ !](−1)


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11 12
[! ∘ !](!)
Find and [! ∘ !](!)
Find and
state the domain of the state the domain of the
composed funcDon composed funcDon
! ! = ! ! − 9 −13
! ! =
1 !−7
! ! = ! ! = ! ! + 15
!+1
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[! ∘ !](!)
Find and [! ∘ !](!)
Find and
state the domain of the state the domain of the
composed funcDon composed funcDon
! ! = !! − 16 ! ! = ! ! − 4!
5
! ! = ! + 10 ! ! =
!+3

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15 16
[! ∘ !](!)
Find and [! ∘ !](!)
Find and
state the domain of the state the domain of the
composed funcDon composed funcDon
12
! ! = ! ! − 6! + 5 ! ! =
!
! ! = ! + 4
! ! = 15 − !
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Find two functions Find two functions
! ! and !(!) such that ! ! and !(!) such that
ℎ ! = [! ∘ !](!) ℎ ! = [! ∘ !](!)
***NOTE: Neither function may be the identity function.
***NOTE: Neither function may be the identity function.

23
ℎ ! =( !− 11)! ℎ ! = !
! − 8! + 16


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19 20
Find two functions Find two functions
! ! and !(!) such that ! ! and !(!) such that
ℎ ! = [! ∘ !](!) ℎ ! = [! ∘ !](!)
***NOTE: Neither function may be the identity function.
***NOTE: Neither function may be the identity function.

!+7
ℎ ! = ℎ ! = 3! ! + 42! + 147
!−5

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 21 Maxwell’s budget for one month is
approximated by ! ! = 713! + 2800
and ! ! = 325! + 475, where ! represents
Maxwell’s income and ! is the cost of his mortgage,
and ! = 1 represents the end of the first week.
a)  Find (! − !) ! and state the domain of the new
function.
b)  What does (! − !) ! represent?
c)  Find (! − !) 4 . What does this value
represent?
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cHaLlEnGeR
State the domain of
[! ∘ ! ∘ ℎ](!) for: you would
! ! =
!
, ! ! = ! + 1,
!!!
4 g(x) =
ℎ ! =
!
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22 Sam works for a clothing boutique
that pays him salary plus commission.
In addition to his salary of $4,225 every
month, Sam has the potential to earn a 2% commission
on any monthly boutique sales above $100,000.
a)  Given ! ! = 4,225 + 0.02! and
! ! = ! − 100,000, which of [! ∘ !](!) and
[! ∘ !](!) represents Sam’s total monthly pay?
What is the domain of the composite function?
b)  How much commission does Sam earn in
December when sales are $252,380.50?
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f (x) = x − 2
Describe how
find the
domain of
1
x −5 [! ∘ !](!)
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 Function Operations & Composition of Functions Name: ____________________
Task Card Activity Date: __________ Period: ____
Directions: Indicate your work on a separate sheet of paper. Record your final answer
within the space below.

1. (a) 6. (a)

(b) (b)

(c) (c)

(d) (d)

2. (a) 7. (a)

(b) (b)

(c) (c)

(d) (d)

3. (a) 8. (a)

(b) (b)

(c) (c)

(d) (d)

4. (a) 9. (a)

(b) (b)

(c) (c)

(d) (d)

5. (a) 10. (a)

(b) (b)

(c) (c)

(d) (d)

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12. 19.

13. 20.

14. 21. (a)

(b)

15.
(c)

16. 22. (a)

(b)

17. 23.

24.

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