simple Haskell functions in point-free style

Question

I am trying to understand how to convert functions to point-free notation in Haskell. I saw this example, but it is more complicated than what I am looking for. I feel like I un

Answer 1

$ has a very low precedence. So, f x = (+) 5 $ (/) 8 x actually means f x = (+) 5 $ ((/) 8 x). Instead, rewrite that as

f x = (+) 5 ( (/) 8 x)
f x = ((+) 5) ( ((/) 8) x)
f x = ((+) 5) .  ( ((/) 8) ) x
f = ((+) 5) . ( (/) 8 )
f = (5+) . (8/)

The last expression makes sense: f is the composition of two operations, first divide 8 by what one has, and then add 5 to the result. Remember, g.h means "apply h, then apply g the the result of that".