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We are given the following functions:


\begin{gathered} q(x)=x^2+6 \\ r(x)=\sqrt[]{x+9} \end{gathered}

We are asked to determine the following composition of functions:


r\circ q

This composition is equivalent to the following:


r\circ q=r(q(x))

This means that we will substitute the function q(x) for the value of "x" in the function r(x), like this:


r(q(x))=\sqrt[]{(x^2+6)+9}

Now, we add like terms:


r(q(x))=\sqrt[]{x^2+15}

Now, since we are asked about the composition when x = 7 we will substitute the values of "x = 7" in the resulting function:


r(q(7))=\sqrt[]{(7)^2+15}

Now, we solve the operations:


r(q(7))=8

Therefore, the value of the composition of function at "x = 7" is 8. We can use the same procedure to determine the composition of q and r.

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