What is a composition function?

A Composition function is just one function inserted as the “x” of another function.

Typically the notation for a composition function will look like this:

But you can also write a composition function like this:

or this:

and it means the same thing. Everywhere you see an “x” in the f(x) equation, instead of inserting a single number for that x, you are now going to insert the entire g(x) equation.

To Watch a Video of  an example composition function worked out, click here.

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