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Question: 2018 Fall Midterm - 12

Author: Michiel Smid
The functions $f: \mathbb{N} \rightarrow \mathbb{N}$ and $g: \mathbb{N} \rightarrow \mathbb{N}$ are recursively defined as follows: $$ \begin{alignat}{2} f(0) &= 3, \\ f(n) &= 5 + f(n - 1)\ \; &\mathrm{if}\ n \geq 1, \\ g(0) &= 1, \\ g(n) &= 2 \cdot g(n - 1) &\mathrm{if}\ n \geq 1. \end{alignat} $$ For any integer $n \geq 0$, what is $f(g(n))$?
(a)
$2^{3 + 5n}$
(b)
$5 + 3 \cdot 2^{n}$
(c)
$2^{5 + 3n}$
(d)
$3 + 5 \cdot 2^{n}$