COMPOSITION OF

FUNCTIONS
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

• follow the steps in solving composition of

functions; and

• get the composition of functions given two

functions
WHAT’S IN

Substitution
𝒚 = 𝒙 −𝟐 if
𝒚 =𝟔− 𝟐
𝒚=𝟒
 Substitution
𝒚 = 𝒙 +𝟒 if
𝒚 =(𝟑 𝒙 −𝟐)+𝟒

𝒚 =𝟑 𝒙 +𝟐
WHAT’S NEW

COMPOSITION
OF
FUNCTIONS
WHAT’S NEW
COMPOSITION OF
FUNCTIONS

combine two or more

functions
COMPOSITION OF
FUNCTIONS INPUT
combine two or
more functions
COMPOSITION OF
FUNCTIONS

combine two or
more functions
OUTPUT
COMPOSITION OF
FUNCTIONS

combine two or
more functions
INPUT
where the output from one
function becomes the input
for the next function
COMPOSITION OF
FUNCTIONS

combine two or
more functions
where the output from one
function becomes the input
for the next function

OUTPUT
 COMPOSITION OF FUNCTIONS

( 𝒇𝒐𝒈 ) ( 𝒙 )= 𝒇 ( 𝒈 ( 𝒙 ))
𝒇𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒅   𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉   𝒈   𝒐𝒇   𝒙
𝒇   𝒐𝒇   𝒈   𝒐𝒇   𝒙
WHAT IS IT
( 𝒇𝒐𝒈 ) ( 𝒙 ) 𝒐𝒓 𝒇 ( 𝒈 ( 𝒙 ))
𝒇 ( 𝒙 ) =𝟑 𝒙
𝒈 ( 𝒙 ) =𝟒 − 𝟓 𝒙
COMPOSITION OF FUNCTIONS
𝑓 ( 𝑥 )=3 𝑥 𝑔 ( 𝑥 )=4 −5 𝑥
1 ( 𝑓 𝑜𝑔 )( 𝑥 )= 𝑓 ( 𝑔 ( 𝑥 ) ) 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑡h𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛
2 ( 𝑓 𝑜𝑔 )( 𝑥 )= 𝑓 (4 − 5 𝑥 ) 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑡𝑒 𝑔 ( 𝑥)
3 ( 𝑓 𝑜𝑔 )( 𝑥 )=3 (4 −5 𝑥) 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑡𝑒 𝑔 ( 𝑥 ) 𝑡𝑜 𝑓 (𝑥)
4 ( 𝑓 𝑜𝑔 )( 𝑥 )=12 −15 𝑥 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑒
5 ( 𝑓 𝑜𝑔 )( 𝑥 )=− 15 𝑥 +12 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒
COMPOSITION OF FUNCTIONS
( 𝒇𝒐𝒈 ) ( 𝒙 ) 𝒐𝒓 𝒇 ( 𝒈 ( 𝒙 ))
𝒇 ( 𝒙 ) =𝟐 𝒙 +𝟏𝟐
𝒈 ( 𝒙 ) =𝟏𝟐 − 𝒙
COMPOSITION OF FUNCTIONS
𝑓 ( 𝑥 )=2 𝑥+12 𝑔 ( 𝑥 )=12 − 𝑥
1 ( 𝑓 𝑜𝑔 )( 𝑥 )= 𝑓 ( 𝑔 ( 𝑥 ) ) 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑡h𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛
2 ( 𝑓 𝑜𝑔 )( 𝑥 )= 𝑓 (12 − 𝑥) 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑡𝑒 𝑔 ( 𝑥)
3 ( 𝑓 𝑜𝑔 )( 𝑥 )=2 ( 12 − 𝑥 )+12 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑡𝑒 𝑔 ( 𝑥 ) 𝑡𝑜 𝑓 (𝑥)
4 ( 𝑓 𝑜𝑔 )( 𝑥 )=24 −2 𝑥+12 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑒
5 ( 𝑓 𝑜𝑔 )( 𝑥 )=− 2 𝑥 +36 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒
WHAT’S MORE
Directions: Find using the two functions given in each number.