Tuesday, October 18, 2011

3.7 Operations on Functions

This section is focused on adding, subtracting, etc. with functions. Sounds easy right? Well it is. Kinda.

Let's start with addition. We are going to use the functions and .

We are going to add them by saying , which is equal to .

So let's add:

So we have =

Then we plug in x, and find an answer.

The process is the same for , , and .
But when it comes to division, we have to make sure the denominator isn't zero.

But you have to remember: use parentheses when doing these operations. Or the world will crumble. And it will be YOUR fault.





Now it gets freaky. We got these things called Composite Functions.
They are written as . The little circle icon () is the composition sign. It is read "f
composed with g of x." It means you take and plug it into function .
So it is also written as .


If =2x, and =3x,+2, you take 2x and substitute it for x. So =6x+2.


Well, that's really all we've learned about operations on functions. Byeeee

Andrew Geller






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