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What is (fg)(x)(f * g)(x)?\newlinef(x)=2x+4f(x) = -2x + 4\newlineg(x)=2xg(x) = -2x\newlineWrite your answer as a polynomial or a rational function in simplest form.\newline______

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Q. What is (fg)(x)(f * g)(x)?\newlinef(x)=2x+4f(x) = -2x + 4\newlineg(x)=2xg(x) = -2x\newlineWrite your answer as a polynomial or a rational function in simplest form.\newline______
  1. Multiply Functions: To find the product of two functions, f(x)f(x) and g(x)g(x), we multiply them together. This is denoted as (fg)(x)(f * g)(x) and means we need to multiply f(x)f(x) by g(x)g(x).\newlinef(x)=2x+4f(x) = -2x + 4\newlineg(x)=2xg(x) = -2x\newline(fg)(x)=f(x)g(x)(f * g)(x) = f(x) * g(x)
  2. Perform Multiplication: Now we will perform the multiplication:\newline(fg)(x)=(2x+4)(2x)(f * g)(x) = (-2x + 4) * (-2x)\newlineTo multiply these two expressions, we use the distributive property (a(b+c)=ab+ac)(a(b + c) = ab + ac).
  3. Distribute 2x-2x: We distribute 2x-2x across the terms in the parentheses:\newline(f \cdot g)(x) = \(-2x \cdot (2-2x) + (2-2x) \cdot 44
  4. Calculate Each Term: Now we calculate each term:\newline2x×(2x)=4x2-2x \times (-2x) = 4x^2 (since a negative times a negative is a positive)\newline(2x)×4=8x(-2x) \times 4 = -8x\newlineSo, (f×g)(x)=4x28x(f \times g)(x) = 4x^2 - 8x

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