Algebra Examples

$f (x) = x^{2} - 81$ $g (x) = {(x - 9)}^{- 1} (x + 9)$

Step 1

Set up the composite result function.

$f (g (x))$

Step 2

Evaluate $f ({(x - 9)}^{- 1} (x + 9))$ by substituting in the value of $g$ into $f$ .

$f ({(x - 9)}^{- 1} (x + 9)) = {({(x - 9)}^{- 1} (x + 9))}^{2} - 81$

Step 3

Simplify each term.

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Step 3.1

Rewrite the expression using the negative exponent rule $b^{- n} = \frac{1}{b^{n}}$ .

$f ({(x - 9)}^{- 1} (x + 9)) = {(\frac{1}{x - 9} \cdot (x + 9))}^{2} - 81$

Step 3.2

Multiply $\frac{1}{x - 9}$ by $x + 9$ .

$f ({(x - 9)}^{- 1} (x + 9)) = {(\frac{x + 9}{x - 9})}^{2} - 81$

Step 3.3

Apply the product rule to $\frac{x + 9}{x - 9}$ .

$f ({(x - 9)}^{- 1} (x + 9)) = \frac{{(x + 9)}^{2}}{{(x - 9)}^{2}} - 81$

Step 4

To write $- 81$ as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by $\frac{{(x - 9)}^{2}}{{(x - 9)}^{2}}$ .

$f ({(x - 9)}^{- 1} (x + 9)) = \frac{{(x + 9)}^{2}}{{(x - 9)}^{2}} - 81 \cdot \frac{{(x - 9)}^{2}}{{(x - 9)}^{2}}$

Step 5

Simplify terms.

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Step 5.1

Combine $- 81$ and $\frac{{(x - 9)}^{2}}{{(x - 9)}^{2}}$ .

$f ({(x - 9)}^{- 1} (x + 9)) = \frac{{(x + 9)}^{2}}{{(x - 9)}^{2}} + \frac{- 81 {(x - 9)}^{2}}{{(x - 9)}^{2}}$

Step 5.2

Combine the numerators over the common denominator.

$f ({(x - 9)}^{- 1} (x + 9)) = \frac{{(x + 9)}^{2} - 81 {(x - 9)}^{2}}{{(x - 9)}^{2}}$

Step 6

Simplify the numerator.

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Step 6.1

Rewrite $81 {(x - 9)}^{2}$ as ${(9 (x - 9))}^{2}$ .

$f ({(x - 9)}^{- 1} (x + 9)) = \frac{{(x + 9)}^{2} - {(9 (x - 9))}^{2}}{{(x - 9)}^{2}}$

Step 6.2

Since both terms are perfect squares, factor using the difference of squares formula, $a^{2} - b^{2} = (a + b) (a - b)$ where $a = x + 9$ and $b = 9 (x - 9)$ .

$f ({(x - 9)}^{- 1} (x + 9)) = \frac{(x + 9 + 9 (x - 9)) (x + 9 - (9 (x - 9)))}{{(x - 9)}^{2}}$

Step 6.3

Simplify.

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Step 6.3.1

Apply the distributive property.

$f ({(x - 9)}^{- 1} (x + 9)) = \frac{(x + 9 + 9 x + 9 \cdot - 9) (x + 9 - (9 (x - 9)))}{{(x - 9)}^{2}}$

Step 6.3.2

Multiply $9$ by $- 9$ .

$f ({(x - 9)}^{- 1} (x + 9)) = \frac{(x + 9 + 9 x - 81) (x + 9 - (9 (x - 9)))}{{(x - 9)}^{2}}$

Step 6.3.3

Add $x$ and $9 x$ .

$f ({(x - 9)}^{- 1} (x + 9)) = \frac{(10 x + 9 - 81) (x + 9 - (9 (x - 9)))}{{(x - 9)}^{2}}$

Step 6.3.4

Subtract $81$ from $9$ .

$f ({(x - 9)}^{- 1} (x + 9)) = \frac{(10 x - 72) (x + 9 - (9 (x - 9)))}{{(x - 9)}^{2}}$

Step 6.3.5

Factor $2$ out of $10 x - 72$ .

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Step 6.3.5.1

Factor $2$ out of $10 x$ .

$f ({(x - 9)}^{- 1} (x + 9)) = \frac{(2 (5 x) - 72) (x + 9 - (9 (x - 9)))}{{(x - 9)}^{2}}$

Step 6.3.5.2

Factor $2$ out of $- 72$ .

$f ({(x - 9)}^{- 1} (x + 9)) = \frac{(2 (5 x) + 2 (- 36)) (x + 9 - (9 (x - 9)))}{{(x - 9)}^{2}}$

Step 6.3.5.3

Factor $2$ out of $2 (5 x) + 2 (- 36)$ .

$f ({(x - 9)}^{- 1} (x + 9)) = \frac{2 (5 x - 36) (x + 9 - (9 (x - 9)))}{{(x - 9)}^{2}}$

Step 6.3.6

Multiply $9$ by $- 1$ .

$f ({(x - 9)}^{- 1} (x + 9)) = \frac{2 (5 x - 36) (x + 9 - 9 (x - 9))}{{(x - 9)}^{2}}$

Step 6.4

Simplify each term.

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Step 6.4.1

Apply the distributive property.

$f ({(x - 9)}^{- 1} (x + 9)) = \frac{2 (5 x - 36) (x + 9 - 9 x - 9 \cdot - 9)}{{(x - 9)}^{2}}$

Step 6.4.2

Multiply $- 9$ by $- 9$ .

$f ({(x - 9)}^{- 1} (x + 9)) = \frac{2 (5 x - 36) (x + 9 - 9 x + 81)}{{(x - 9)}^{2}}$

Step 6.5

Subtract $9 x$ from $x$ .

$f ({(x - 9)}^{- 1} (x + 9)) = \frac{2 (5 x - 36) (- 8 x + 9 + 81)}{{(x - 9)}^{2}}$

Step 6.6

Add $9$ and $81$ .

$f ({(x - 9)}^{- 1} (x + 9)) = \frac{2 (5 x - 36) (- 8 x + 90)}{{(x - 9)}^{2}}$

Step 6.7

Factor $2$ out of $- 8 x + 90$ .

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Step 6.7.1

Factor $2$ out of $- 8 x$ .

$f ({(x - 9)}^{- 1} (x + 9)) = \frac{2 (5 x - 36) (2 (- 4 x) + 90)}{{(x - 9)}^{2}}$

Step 6.7.2

Factor $2$ out of $90$ .

$f ({(x - 9)}^{- 1} (x + 9)) = \frac{2 (5 x - 36) (2 (- 4 x) + 2 (45))}{{(x - 9)}^{2}}$

Step 6.7.3

Factor $2$ out of $2 (- 4 x) + 2 (45)$ .

$f ({(x - 9)}^{- 1} (x + 9)) = \frac{2 (5 x - 36) (2 (- 4 x + 45))}{{(x - 9)}^{2}}$

$f ({(x - 9)}^{- 1} (x + 9)) = \frac{2 (5 x - 36) \cdot (2 (- 4 x + 45))}{{(x - 9)}^{2}}$

Step 6.8

Multiply $2$ by $2$ .

$f ({(x - 9)}^{- 1} (x + 9)) = \frac{4 (5 x - 36) (- 4 x + 45)}{{(x - 9)}^{2}}$

Step 7

Simplify with factoring out.

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Step 7.1

Factor $- 1$ out of $- 4 x$ .

$f ({(x - 9)}^{- 1} (x + 9)) = \frac{4 (5 x - 36) (- (4 x) + 45)}{{(x - 9)}^{2}}$

Step 7.2

Rewrite $45$ as $- 1 (- 45)$ .

$f ({(x - 9)}^{- 1} (x + 9)) = \frac{4 (5 x - 36) (- (4 x) - 1 \cdot - 45)}{{(x - 9)}^{2}}$

Step 7.3

Factor $- 1$ out of $- (4 x) - 1 (- 45)$ .

$f ({(x - 9)}^{- 1} (x + 9)) = \frac{4 (5 x - 36) (- (4 x - 45))}{{(x - 9)}^{2}}$

Step 7.4

Simplify the expression.

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Step 7.4.1

Rewrite $- (4 x - 45)$ as $- 1 (4 x - 45)$ .

$f ({(x - 9)}^{- 1} (x + 9)) = \frac{4 (5 x - 36) (- 1 (4 x - 45))}{{(x - 9)}^{2}}$

Step 7.4.2

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$f ({(x - 9)}^{- 1} (x + 9)) = - \frac{(4 (5 x - 36)) (4 x - 45)}{{(x - 9)}^{2}}$

Step 7.4.3

Reorder factors in $- \frac{(4 (5 x - 36)) (4 x - 45)}{{(x - 9)}^{2}}$ .

$f ({(x - 9)}^{- 1} (x + 9)) = - \frac{4 (5 x - 36) (4 x - 45)}{{(x - 9)}^{2}}$