What are they actually asking me to find here?

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The discussion centers on the mathematical function f(x) = 4*√[3]{cot^8(7x)} and the request to express it as a composition of simpler functions. The user has broken down the function into components: a(x) = cos(7x), b(x) = sin(7x), c(x) = x^8, and d(x) = √[3]{x}. The final expression is f(x) = 4*d(c(a(x)/b(x))). The user questions the simplicity of this breakdown, indicating a subjective interpretation of what constitutes a "simple function."

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i am asked to present this function as a number of simple functions

f(x)=4*\sqrt[3]{cot^8(7x)}

what i did was

f(x)=4*\sqrt[3]{cot<sup>8</sup>(7x)}
=4*(cos7x/sin7x)8/3

a(x)=cos(7x)
b(x)=sin(7x)
c(x)=x8
d(x)=\sqrt[3]{x}

f(x)=4*d(c(a(x)/b(x)))

but that just seem stupid to me, do you think that that's what I am meant to do??
 
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Well, i guess that depends on what u call simple functions.
 

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