document.write( "Question 1136338: Hello. I did not find how to solve this problem in the Blitzer College Algebra Book. Here is the problem, which I have not been prepared to solve (no examples had been shown in the book, very frustrating ad antipedagogical!)
\n" ); document.write( "Let f(x)= x^2 - x + 4 and g(x) = 3x - 5. Find g(1) and f(g(1)).
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Algebra.Com's Answer #754113 by ikleyn(52781) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "First step  :  You calculate  g(1) by substituting x= 1 into the formula for g(x);\r\n" );
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document.write( "Second step :  Then you calculate  f(g(1)) by substituting the found value ( the number)  g(1)  into the given formula for f(x).\r\n" );
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document.write( "Both steps are extremely simple !\r\n" );
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document.write( "It may seem to be complicated, but when you do it one-two times, it becomes trivial !\r\n" );
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