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Let $f(x)=-2 x+1$ and $g(x)=a x+b .$ Find $a$ and $b$ so the equation $f|g(x)|=x$ holds for all values of $x$
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Step 1: First, we need to substitute $g(x)$ into $f(x)$, which gives us $f(g(x)) = -2(ax+b) + 1$. Show more…
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