Given f (x) = x + 1 and g(x) = x2, what is (gof)(x)?

Ana Houa asked Apr 13, 2022

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Answer:

(gof)(x) = x² + 2x + 1

Explanation:

You can solve this by plugging f into g and finding the result:

(gof)(x) = f(x)²

= (x + 1)²

= x² + 2x + 1

Xandermonkey answered Apr 18, 2022

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