SOLUTION: write a function rule for: f(x)=3x2+2,g(x)=2x please show work.

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Question 8138: write a function rule for:
f(x)=3x2+2,g(x)=2x
please show work.

Answer by prince_abubu(198) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I'm not sure what you're asking. I'm thinking that they want you to find a function for f(g(x)). AKA, they want you to plug in that entire g(x) into the f(x). In other words, they want you to substitute 2x for the x in +f%28x%29+=+3x%5E2+%2B+2+. That seems kind of funny because you're substituting something for a variable and that already contains the variable. You're probably used to substituting expressions for a variable so that you'll change the old variable in your equation.

In function composition, this is allowed. if we plugged in g(x) into f(x), that's practically replacing the x in f(x) with the g(x)

+f%28g%28x%29%29+=+3%5Bg%28x%29%5D%5E2+%2B+2+ <---- plugged in g(x) into f(x)

+f%28g%28x%29%29+=+3%5B2x%5D%5E2+%2B+2+ <---- we changed the g(x) to the 2x because we were told that g(x) = 2x

+f%28g%28x%29%29+=+3%5B4x%5E2%5D+%2B+2+ <---- applied rule of exponents that says that the power outside raises everything inside the parentheses/brackets to that power.

+f%28g%28x%29%29+=+12x%5E2+%2B+2+ <--- Multiplied the 3 and the 4 because we can. This would be your new function rule if they really asked you to find f(g(x)).

NOTE: The equation drawer doesn't align the terms ideally.