Quote (RzChaos @ Nov 10 2015 11:05pm)
Question 1:
F(x) = 3 - 2x
G(x) = -(x - 3)/2
F(G(x)) means to put G(x) into all places you see x in the first equation....so
F(G(x)) = 3 - 2 * (-(x-3)/2))
F(G(x))= 3 - (-(x-3)) = X
G(F(x)) = -(3 - 2x - 3)/2
G(F(x)) = -(-2x/2) = X
Question 2:
You didn't provide an actual equation to solve, so I'm going to assume that what you gave is supposed to equal 0.
8-2e^x = 0
2e^x = 8
e^x = 4
ln(e^x) = ln(4)
x = ln(4) = 1.386
As a side note if you don't really understand ln. ln(e^x) is the same of Log base e of e^x. So, what power do you have to put on e (the base) to get e^x. You have to raise the base to x, that is why ln(e^x) = x
Question 3.
I assume you know how to graph y = 3x.
The second equation is the inverse of y = log(3x), so take the inverse: x = log(3y).
Now solve this second equation for y and graph it....
x = log(3y)
10^x = 3y
y = 10^x / 3
Shit, didn't see you had a negative sign in number 2 before the x...approach is going to be the exact same, just remember to have an additional negative sign in there, so the answer will be -1.386
This post was edited by RzChaos on Nov 10 2015 10:09pm