Sum of Functions Difference of Functions
1. Given: g(x) = -2x2 ; h(x) = x 1. Given: a (x) = -2x3 – 5x +4 ; b (x) = 3x2 + 2x – 6
(g + h) (x) = g(x) + h(x) (a – b) (x) = a(x) – b(x)
(g + h) (x) = - 2x2 + x (a – b) (x) = (-2x3 – 5x + 4) – (3x2 + 2x – 6)
2. Given: g(x) = -4x – 6 ; h(x) = x + 8 (a – b) (x) = -2x3 – 5x + 4 – 3x2 - 2x + 6
(f + g) (x) = f(x) + g(x) (a – b) (x) = -2x3 – 3x2 – 5x – 2x + 4 + 6
(f + g) (x) = (- 4x – 6) + (x + 8) (a – b) (x) = -2x3 – 3x2 – 7x + 10
(f + g) (x) = - 4x + x – 6 + 8 𝟓𝒙−𝟐 −𝟕𝒙+𝟑
2. Given: a (x) = ; b (x) =
𝟑 𝟒
(g + h) (x) = - 3x + 2
(a – b) (x) = a(x) – b(x)
3. Given: g(x) = x + 5 ; h(x) = x2 – 1
5𝑥−2 −7𝑥+3
(f + g) (x) = f(x) + g(x) (a – b) (x) = ( )−( )
3 4
(f + g) (x) = (x + 5) + (x2 – 1) 4(5𝑥−2)−3(−7𝑥+3)
(a – b) (x) =
(f + g) (x) = x2 + x + 5 – 1 12
20𝑥−8+21𝑥−9
(g + h) (x) = x2 + x + 4 (a – b) (x) =
12
𝟒𝟏𝒙−𝟏𝟕
(a – b) (x) =
𝟏𝟐
Product of Functions
1. Given: f (x) = 4x – 5 ; g (x) = 2x + 5 2. Given: h (x) = 6x – 7 ; p (x) = 3x2 + 4x + 5
(𝑓 ∙ 𝑔) (𝑥) = 𝑓(𝑥) ∙ 𝑔(𝑥) (ℎ ∙ 𝑝) (𝑥) = ℎ(𝑥) ∙ 𝑝(𝑥)
(𝑓 ∙ 𝑔) (𝑥) = (4𝑥 − 5) ∙ (2𝑥 + 5) (ℎ ∙ 𝑝) (𝑥) = (6𝑥 − 7) ∙ (3𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 + 5)
(𝑓 ∙ 𝑔)(𝑥) = 8𝑥 2 + 20𝑥 − 10𝑥 − 25 (ℎ ∙ 𝑝)(𝑥) = 6𝑥 3 + 24𝑥 2 + 30𝑥 − 21𝑥 2 − 28𝑥 − 35
(𝒇 ∙ 𝒈)(𝒙) = 𝟖𝒙𝟐 + 𝟏𝟎𝒙 − 𝟐𝟓 (ℎ ∙ 𝑝) (𝑥) = 6𝑥 3 + 24𝑥 2 − 21𝑥 2 + 30𝑥 − 28𝑥 − 35
(𝒉 ∙ 𝒑) (𝒙) = 𝟔𝒙𝟑 + 𝟑𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟑𝟓
𝟐𝒙𝟐 +𝒙−𝟔 𝒙𝟐 −𝟕𝒙+𝟏𝟐
3. Given: r (x) = ; s (x) = 𝟐𝒙𝟐−𝟕𝒙−𝟒
𝟑𝒙𝟐 −𝟖𝒙−𝟑
(𝑟 ∙ 𝑠) (𝑥) = 𝑟(𝑥) ∙ 𝑠(𝑥)
2𝑥 2 + 𝑥 − 6 𝑥 2 − 7𝑥 + 12
(𝑟 ∙ 𝑠) (𝑥) = ( ) ∙ ( )
3𝑥 2 − 8𝑥 − 3 2𝑥 2 − 7𝑥 − 4
(2𝑥 − 3)(𝑥 + 2) (𝑥 − 3)(𝑥 − 4)
(𝑟 ∙ 𝑠) (𝑥) = ∙
(3𝑥 + 1)(𝑥 − 3) (2𝑥 + 1)(𝑥 − 4)
(𝟐𝒙 − 𝟑)(𝒙 + 𝟐)
(𝒓 ∙ 𝒔) (𝒙) =
(𝟑𝒙 + 𝟏)(𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏)
𝟑𝒙𝟐 +𝟗𝒙−𝟑𝟎 𝟐𝒙𝟐 −𝟕𝒙−𝟒
4. Given: f (x) = ; h (x) =
𝟐𝒙𝟐 −𝟗𝒙−𝟓 𝟔𝒙𝟐 −𝟑𝟎𝒙+𝟐𝟒
(𝑓 ∙ ℎ) (𝑥) = 𝑓(𝑥) ∙ ℎ(𝑥)
3𝑥 2 + 9𝑥 − 30 2𝑥 2 − 7𝑥 − 4
(𝑓 ∙ ℎ) (𝑥) = ( ) ∙ ( )
2𝑥 2 − 9𝑥 − 5 6𝑥 2 − 30𝑥 + 24
(3𝑥 + 6)(𝑥 − 5) (2𝑥 + 1)(𝑥 − 4)
(𝑓 ∙ ℎ) (𝑥) = ∙
(2𝑥 + 1)(𝑥 − 5) (6𝑥 − 24)(𝑥 − 1)
3(𝑥 + 2)(𝑥 − 5) (2𝑥 + 1)(𝑥 − 4)
(𝑓 ∙ ℎ) (𝑥) = ∙
(2𝑥 + 1)(𝑥 − 5) 6(𝑥 − 4)(𝑥 − 1)
𝒙+𝟐
(𝒇 ∙ 𝒉) (𝒙) =
𝟐(𝒙 − 𝟏)