COMPOSITE FUNCTION

Well, imagine the functions are machines, the first one melts a hole
with a flame (only for metal), the second one drills the hole a little
bigger (works on wood or metal): What you see at the end is a
drilled hole, and you may think "that should work for wood or
metal". But if you put wood into (g º f ) then the first function f
will make a fire and burn everything down! Suppose that
f(x)=3x+4 and g(x)=3x+1.

Step 1: Rewrite the composition in a different form.

(g o f)(x) = g[f(x)]

Step 2: Replace each occurrence of x in g (x) with f(x)=3x+4.

3(3x+4)+1

Step 3:Simplify the answer by distributing and combining like

terms.

3(3x+4)+1
9x+12+1
9x+7
(g o f)(x) = 9x+13