Given h(x), find a pair of functions f and g such that h(x) = fgg(x):
h(x) = square root
.
Pick g(x) as any expression in x from the whole expression
such that if you were to substitute u for that expression,
there will be no x's left.
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Suppose we pick u to be
, then we replace both
the
's by u and get
g(x) is simply equal to what we picked u to be, that is,
g(x) =
To get f(x) we substitute x for u in
and get
So
f(x) =
g(x) =
Checking:
h(x) = fgg(x) = f(g(x)) = f(
) =
.
Edwin