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Let $f(x)=x+2$ and $g(x)=x/3.$ Also denote the inverses to these functions as $f^{-1}$ and $g^{-1}.$ Compute $f(g^{-1}(f^{-1}(f^{-1}(g(f(19)))))).$

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$$f(x)=x+2$$          and          $$f^{-1}(x)=x-2$$

$$g(x)=x/3$$             and          $$g^{-1}(x)=3x$$

There may a better way to do this, but here is what I got:

$$\begin{array}\ &&f(g^{-1}(f^{-1}(f^{-1}(g( {\color{Red}f(19)} ))))) \\ =&&f(g^{-1}(f^{-1}(f^{-1}(g( {\color{Red}19+2} )))))\\ =&&f(g^{-1}(f^{-1}(f^{-1}(g( {\color{Red}21} )))))\\ =&&f(g^{-1}(f^{-1}(f^{-1}( {\color{Orange}g( 21 )} ))))\\ =&&f(g^{-1}(f^{-1}(f^{-1}( {\color{Orange}21/3} ))))\\ =&&f(g^{-1}(f^{-1}(f^{-1}( {\color{Orange}7} ))))\\ =&&f(g^{-1}(f^{-1}( {\color{orange}f^{-1}(7)} )))\\ =&&f(g^{-1}(f^{-1}( {\color{orange}7-2} )))\\ =&&f(g^{-1}(f^{-1}( {\color{orange}5} )))\\ =&&f(g^{-1}( {\color{Green}f^{-1}( 5 )} ))\\ =&&f(g^{-1}( {\color{Green}5-2} ))\\ =&&f(g^{-1}( {\color{Green}3} ))\\ =&&f({\color{Blue}g^{-1}( 3 )})\\ =&&f({\color{Blue}3(3)})\\ =&&f({\color{Blue}9})\\ =&&{\color{Fuchsia}f(9)}\\ =&&{\color{Fuchsia}9+2}\\ =&&{\color{Fuchsia}11} \end{array}$$

hectictar  Mar 21, 2018
edited by hectictar  Mar 21, 2018
edited by hectictar  Mar 21, 2018

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