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Text Box: Math 1314
College Algebra

LO-8
Chapters 3.6
Skills to Master

·       Understand and use the notation for adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing functions

·       Use the algebra of functions to evaluate functions for particular values of the independent variable

Algebra of Functions

Operations on functions:

Notation

Meaning

 

Example

Perform the indicated operations for the functions  and


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Perform the indicated operations for the functions  and


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Evaluating Combined Functions

Examples

Find the value of  when  and

 

 

 

Find   when  and

 

 

 

Find  when  and

 

 

 

Find  when  and