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If f(g(x)) = g(f(x)) = x, and
g(x) = 2 + In(x + 1), find f(4).

User Nikita P
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If
f(g(x))=g(f(x))=x, then
g and
f are inverses of one another. So we know
g(f(4))=4.


g(f(4))=2+\ln(f(4)+1)=4


\implies\ln(f(4)+1)=2


\implies f(4)+1=e^2


\implies\boxed{f(4)=e^2-1}

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