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Hello, May I please get some assistance with this homework question? I posted an image-example-1

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Solving (a)

The two functions we have are:


\begin{gathered} f(x)=3x+3 \\ g(x)=x^2 \end{gathered}

We are asked to find the composite function:


(f\circ g)(x)

Step 1. The definition of a composite function is:


(h\circ k)(x)=h(k(x))

In this case:


(f\circ g)(x)=f(g(x))

This means to plug the g(x) expression into the value of x of the f(x) function.

Step 2. Substituitng g(x) as the value for x in f(x):


(f\circ g)(x)=f(g(x))=4(x^2)+3

Simplifying:


(f\circ g)(x)=\boxed{4x^2+3}

Step 3. We also need to find the domain of this composite function.

The domain of a function is the possible values that the x-variable can take. In this case, there would be no issues with any x value that we plug as the x-value. Therefore, the domain is all real numbers.

The domain of fog is all real numbers.

Answer:


(f\circ g)(x)=\boxed{4x^2+3}

The domain of fog is all real numbers.

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