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I'll answer the first part; but I have two questions.

1)  Are you using * to represent the composition of functions? Usually * asterisk) is used to indicate the multiplication of          functions and º (a small circle) is used to represent the composition of functions.

2)  I believe that the original problem has fractions as follows:

     f(x)  =  (2x + 3) / (4x - 3)

     g(x)  =  (3x + 3) / (4x - 2)

 

Are  f(x)  and  g(x)  inverse functions.

This can be solved in two ways:

1)  Find the inverse of  f(x)  and see whether or not it equals g(x).

2)  Find out if  f( g(x) )  =  g( f(x) )  =  x

By the nature of the answers, I believe that the assignment was to use procedure #2.

 

(f º g)(x)  =  f( g(x) )  =  [ 2 · g(x) + 3 ] / [ 4 · g(x) - 3 ]

                                 =  [ 2 · (3x + 3) / (4x - 2) + 3 ] / [ 4 · (3x + 3) / (4x - 2) - 3 ]

                                 =  [ (6x + 6) / (4x - 2) + 3 ] / [ (12x + 12) / (4x - 2) - 3 ] 

Multiply both the numerator and the denominator by  (4x - 2)  and simplify:

                                 =  [ (6x + 6) + 3(4x - 2) ] / [ (12x + 12) - 3(4x - 2) ]

                                 =  [ 6x + 6 + 12x - 6 ] / [ 12x + 12 - 12x + 6 ]

                                 =  [ 18x ] / [ 18 ]

                                 =  x

I'll let you show that  (g º f)(x)  =  x  also.

This shows that the answer to problem 1 is 'yes'.

 

You can use this procedure with the other problems.

Sep 16, 2016

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