Precalculus Examples

Given that $f (x) = x^{2} + 4 x - 32$ and $g (x) = x - 4$ ; find $(f + g) (x)$ and express the result in standard form.

Step 1

Evaluate $f + g$ .

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Step 1.1

Replace the function designators in $f + g$ with the actual functions.

$x^{2} + 4 x - 32 + x - 4$

Step 1.2

Remove parentheses.

$x^{2} + 4 x - 32 + x - 4$

Step 1.3

Add $4 x$ and $x$ .

$x^{2} + 5 x - 32 - 4$

Step 1.4

Subtract $4$ from $- 32$ .

$x^{2} + 5 x - 36$

Step 2

Evaluate $f + g$ at $x$ .

${(x)}^{2} + 5 (x) - 36$

Step 3

Simplify ${(x)}^{2} + 5 (x) - 36$ .

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Step 3.1

Remove parentheses.

${(x)}^{2} + 5 (x) - 36$

Step 3.2

Multiply $5$ by $x$ .

$x^{2} + 5 x - 36$