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Ch. 2 - Functions and Graphs
Blitzer - College Algebra 8th Edition
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Capitolo 3, Problema 41a

Find ƒ+g and determine the domain for each function. f(x) = 2 + 1/x, g(x) = 1/x

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Step 1: Understand the problem. You are tasked with finding the sum of two functions, f(x) and g(x), which is denoted as (f + g)(x). This means you need to add the two given functions together: f(x) = 2 + 1/x and g(x) = 1/x.
Step 2: Write the expression for (f + g)(x). Add the two functions together: (f + g)(x) = f(x) + g(x) = (2 + 1/x) + (1/x).
Step 3: Combine like terms. Simplify the expression by combining the terms involving 1/x: (f + g)(x) = 2 + 1/x + 1/x = 2 + 2/x.
Step 4: Determine the domain of the resulting function. The domain of a function is the set of all x-values for which the function is defined. For this problem, note that both f(x) and g(x) contain the term 1/x, which is undefined when x = 0. Therefore, the domain of (f + g)(x) excludes x = 0.
Step 5: Express the domain in interval notation. Since x = 0 is excluded, the domain is all real numbers except 0. In interval notation, this is written as (-∞, 0) ∪ (0, ∞).

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