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Solving Functions with FOIL Method

1. The document discusses addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of functions. 2. Examples are provided of combining multiple functions using these operations, such as adding two functions, multiplying three functions, and dividing one function by another. 3. The key steps shown are using the distributive property in addition/subtraction, and FOIL (First, Outer, Inner, Last) method for multiplying binomials when multiplying functions.

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Solving Functions with FOIL Method

1. The document discusses addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of functions. 2. Examples are provided of combining multiple functions using these operations, such as adding two functions, multiplying three functions, and dividing one function by another. 3. The key steps shown are using the distributive property in addition/subtraction, and FOIL (First, Outer, Inner, Last) method for multiplying binomials when multiplying functions.

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I.

Addition and Subtraction of Function


1. (a – b) (x) 4. (a+b+c) (x)

a(x) = x3 – 2x2 + 3x – 4 a(x) = x3-2x+3x-4


2 1
b(x) = 5x 2 − x + 2
b(x) = 5x2- x+
1
3 3 3 3

ANSWER = x3-7x2+5x-5 c(x) = 4-2x


𝟐 𝟏
2. (c + d) (x) = (x3-2x2+3x-4) (5x2-𝟑 𝐱+𝟑) (4-2x)

𝟏
c(x) = (4-2x) ANSWER = x3+3x2-x+
𝟑
𝑥
d(x) = ( )
3
ANSWER= 4-x

3. (b+d) (x)+(d-c) (x) 5. [a-(d-c)(x)


2 1
b(x) = (5x2- x+ ) = (x3-2x2+3x-4)-(3x+4)
3 3
𝒙
d(x) = ( ) ANSWER = x3-2x2
𝟑

𝒙 𝟏
ANSWER = 5x2- +
𝟑 𝟑

d(x)-c(x)
𝒙
d(x) = ( )
𝟑

c(x) = (4-2x)
ANSWER = 3x+4

(b+d)(x)+(d-c)(x)
𝒙 𝟏
= (5x2- + )(3x+4)
𝟑 𝟑

ANSWER = 5x2+2x+5
II. Multiplication of Function
1. (b · c) (x)
-b(x) = 3x + 2
-c(x) = 3x – 2
SOLUTION
(𝟑𝒙 + 𝟐) (𝟑𝒙 − 𝟐) FOIL METHOD

= 𝟗𝒙𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙 + 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟒
ANSWER =
𝟗𝒙𝟐 − 𝟒

2. (a · b · c) (x)
a(x) = x2 + x – 1
b(x) = 3x + 2
c(x) = 3x – 2
SOLUTION
(𝒙𝟐 + 𝒙 − 𝟏) (𝟑𝒙 + 𝟐) (𝟑𝒙 − 𝟐) FOIL METHOD

FOIL 𝟑𝒙 𝟐
METHOD
𝟑𝒙 𝟗𝒙𝟐 𝟔𝒙
-2 −𝟔𝒙 −𝟒
𝟐 𝟐
= (𝒙 + 𝒙 − 𝟏) (𝟗𝒙 − 𝟒)
FOIL METHOD 𝒙𝟐 𝒙 −𝟏
𝟗𝒙𝟐 𝟗𝒙𝟒 𝟗𝒙𝟑 −𝟗𝒙𝟐
-4 −𝟒𝒙𝟐 −𝟒𝒙 𝟒
𝑨𝑵𝑺𝑾𝑬𝑹 = 𝟗𝒙𝟒 + 𝟗𝒙𝟑 − 𝟏𝟑𝒙𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟒
3. [(b · c) (x)] + a(x)
a(x) = x2 + x – 1
b(x) = 3x + 2
c(x) = 3x – 2
SOLUTION

[(3x + 2) (3x – 2) (x)] + (x2 + x – 1 ) (x)

(9x2-4+6x-6x) + (x2+x-1)
(9x2-4) + (x2+x-1)
ANSWER = 10x2+x-5

III. Division of Function


𝒂
1. ( )(𝒙)
𝒄

a(x) = 𝒙𝟐 + x – 2
c(x) = x + 2
SOLUTION
𝒙𝟐 +𝒙−𝟐
=
𝒙+𝟐

-2] x x -2
−𝟐 −𝟐
𝒙−𝟏−𝟒

ANSWER = x-5
𝒂
2. ( . 𝒃) (𝒙)
𝒃

𝒙𝟐 + 𝒙 − 𝟐 (𝒙 + 𝟐)(𝒙 − 𝟏) 𝒙 − 𝟏
= = . = 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏
𝒙+𝟐 𝟏 𝒙+𝟐
𝒙−𝟏
𝒙+𝟐
= (𝒙𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏) ( )
𝒙−𝟏
(𝒙 − 𝟏)(𝒙 − 𝟏) 𝒙 + 𝟐
. = (𝒙 − 𝟏)(𝒙 + 𝟐) = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒙 − 𝟐
𝟏 𝒙−𝟏
𝒂
ANSWER = (𝒃 . 𝒃) 𝒙 = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒙 − 𝟐

𝒃 𝒃
3. ( ) (𝒙) − ( ) (𝒙)
𝒂 𝒄

𝒃 𝒙+𝟐 𝒙+𝟐 𝟏 𝟏
( )= 𝒙−𝟏 = . =
𝒂 𝒙−𝟏 (𝒙−𝟏)(𝒙+𝟐) (𝒙−𝟏)𝟐
𝒙𝟐 +𝒙−𝟐

𝒃 𝒙+𝟐 𝒙+𝟐 𝟏 𝟏
( )=
𝒄 𝒙−𝟏 = 𝒙−𝟏
. (𝒙+𝟐) = (𝒙−𝟏)
𝒙−𝟐

𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 − (𝒙 − 𝟏)
= 𝟐
− =
(𝒙 − 𝟏) 𝒙−𝟏 (𝒙 − 𝟏)𝟐
𝒃 𝒃 𝟐−𝒙
ANSWER ( ) (𝒙) − ( ) (𝒙) =
𝒂 𝒄 (𝒙−𝟏)𝟐

𝒄 𝒄
4. ( ) (𝒙) ( ) (𝒙)
𝒂 𝒃
𝒄 𝒙+𝟐 𝒙+𝟐 𝟏
( )= 𝟐 = =
𝒂 𝒙 + 𝒙 − 𝟐 (𝒙 − 𝟏)(𝒙 + 𝟐) (𝒙 − 𝟏)

𝒄 𝒙+𝟐 𝒙+𝟐 𝒙−𝟏


( ) = 𝒙−𝟏
𝒃
= . (𝒙+𝟐)
𝟏
𝒙−𝟐
𝟏 𝒙−𝟏 𝟏+(𝒙−𝟏)(𝒙−𝟏)
= 𝒙−𝟏 + =
𝟏 𝒙−𝟏

𝒙𝟐 −𝟐𝒙+𝟐
ANSWER =
(𝒙−𝟏)

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