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Hi guys, it's me teacher Gon.
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For today's video on the general
mathematics, we will do
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operations on functions.
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This topic is considered as
the algebra of functions,
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So let's start.
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Functions can be added,
subtracted, multiplied, and divided.
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Such procedures are called
"operations of functions" or
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"algebra of functions."
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Here inside the box
are the different operations
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can be used in functions
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and here are the functions of
the different operations.
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We have f plus g of x that is equal to
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f of x plus
g of x.
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We have here the second one,
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f minus g of x is equal to
f of x minus g of x.
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Third one, we have
f times g of x
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is equal to f of x times g of x.
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The fourth one: f divided by
g of x is equal to
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f of x over g of x.
For addition of functions: given
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two functions, f of x and g of x,
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their sum is denoted by
f plus g of x.
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So we will use the formula
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f plus g of x is equal
to f of x plus g of x.
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And now for the subtraction of functions,
given two functions,
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f of x and g of x,
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Their difference is denoted by
f minus g of x
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is the function defined by
f minus g of x is equal to
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f of x minus g of x.
So let's have an example
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on how to do addition and
subtraction of functions.
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So, we have here:
Given the functions
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f of x that is equal to 4x (squared)
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plus 3x plus two, and
the second function which is
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g of x is equal to 7x squared
minus 5x minus one.
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So, in this given example,
we are asked to find
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f plus g of x, meaning we
need to add the two functions
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and then we have f minus g of x, where
we're needing to get the difference
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of the two functions.
So let's get started.
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So, start with addition... of functions.
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We have to find f plus g of x
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wherein your f of x is equal to
this one, so that is equal to
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f of x plus g of x.
You need to substitute the value of
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f of x. The value of f of x simply is
4x squared plus 3x plus two.
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Include that in the parentheses. Plus
the value of your g of x.
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For the expression, we have
7x squared minus 5x minus one.
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And then all you need to do here is
to eliminate first the parentheses,
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and then combine like terms. So we
have here the like terms, which is
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4x squared and 7x squared,
we have 11x squared.
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And then 3x plus negative 5x, that will
give you negative 2x.
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And then for the constants, we have
two plus negative one,
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that will give you plus one.
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So the sum of the two functions
f of x and g of x, simplified,
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is 11x squared minus 2x plus one.
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Now let's move on to find
f minus g of x
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wherein we need to do
subtraction of functions.
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So the formula that we're going to
use is simply
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f minus g of x.
And then your f of x is
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4x squared plus 3x plus two
minus your g of x
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is 7x squared minus 5x
minus one.
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And this time we will multiply
the negative sign to the
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7x squared minus 5x minus one.
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So we will have the new equation,
4x squared plus 3x plus 2.
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This one is negative: negative 7x squared,
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this will be positive: plus 5x,
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and this is also positive.
And the last thing you need to do
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is to combine like terms. So your
f minus g of x
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when you combine like terms, we have
4x squared and then negative 7x squared,
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we have negative 3x squared, then
3x plus 5x, that will give you plus 8x,
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two plus one is three. Therefore,
the difference between f of x and g of x
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simplified is negative 3x squared plus
8x plus three. So that's it on
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how to do addition.
Once we are done with addition and
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subtraction of functions, let's move on to
multiplication and division of functions.
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Given the functions f of x and g of x,
their product, denoted by f times g of x
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is the function defined by
f times g of x is equal to
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f of x times g of x.
This formula inside the box
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is the formula that we're going to use
in multiplying functions.
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Now, for the division of functions,
given two functions f of x and g of x
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the quotient, denoted by f over g of x,
is the function defined by the formula
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f over g of x is equal to f of x over g of
x again, or in g of x, or your divisor,
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is not equal to 0.
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Now let's go look at examples with
regards to multiplication and division of
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functions. We have here:
Given the functions f of x is equal to
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x squared minus one and g of x is equal
to x plus one, we are asked to find
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f times g of x and f over g of x.
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So let's start with the multiplication
of functions.
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So we will use the formula f times g of x
is equal to f of x times g of x
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wherein in this given example you need to
multiply first. Let's get the value of
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f of x which is x squared minus one...
x squared minus one.
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And then multiply by the value of g of x
which is x plus one. As you can see,
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we have two binomials, therefore we're
going to use FOIL method.
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So, let's multiply. We have x squared
times x, that will give you x cubed,
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and then x squared times one, that is
plus x squared, and then
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inner terms, negative one times x,
that'll give you minus x,
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and the last terms, negative one times
one, that is negative one. Therefore,
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the product of the function f of x
and g of x is simply...
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x cubed plus x squared minus x minus one.
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Now let's proceed to the division
of functions. Division ...
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The formula we're going to use is f over g
of x is equal to f of x over g of x.
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So let's substitute the value of f of x
which is x squared minus one
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over the value of your g of x, which is
nonzero,
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we have x plus one. So how you're going
to simplify f of x over g of x,
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as you can see, our numerator is x squared
minus one, and then your denominator is
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x plus one. We can apply factoring because
the numerator has the pattern of
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difference of two squares, so we can
factor out your numerator as
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x plus one times x minus one, so
that is over x plus one.
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So we have your x plus one in the
numerator and x plus one in the
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denominator, so we can cancel all
this out, and the remaining expression
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in your numerator simplified is
x minus one. So this the quotient of
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the function f of x and g of x. If you
have any questions about this topic,
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you can comment down below and ask
for clarifications. So, by the way,
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we will upload another video of this one
wherein the content of the whole video
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is more on the examples of operations
on functions.