SOLUTION: given f(x)=x^2-4, g(x)=sqrt of x+1 find and simplify f[g(1/2)] Im lost!!! please help!

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Question 265062: given f(x)=x^2-4, g(x)=sqrt of x+1
find and simplify f[g(1/2)]
Im lost!!! please help!

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the first function


Plug in


Plug in


Add the fractions.


Take the square root of to get


Subtract.


So the solution is

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