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Advance Level Subjective Exercise

1. If f(x) = –1 + |x – 2|, 0 x 4
g(x) = 2 – |x|, –1 x 3
Then find fog(x) & gof(x). Draw rough sketch of the graphs of fog(x) & gof(x).
2. Let f(x) = (1 + x2) sgn x. Find its inverse and sketch the graphs of f(x) and f–1(x).
2 x (sin x  tan x)
3. Prove that f(x) = is an odd function, where [ ] denotes greatest integer function.
 x 2
2 3
  

 1
4. If f(x) = max  x,  for x > 0 where max (a, b) denotes the greater of the two real numbers a and b.
 x
1 
Define the function g(x) = f(x) f   and plot its graph.
x
5. Suppose p(x) is a polynomial with integer coefficients. The remainder when p(x) is divided by
x – 1 is 1 and the remainder when p(x) is divided by x – 4 is 10. If r(x) is the remainder when
p(x) is divided by (x –1)(x – 4), find the value of r(2006).
6. Let ‘f’ be a real valued function defined for all real numbers x such that for some positive constant
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‘a’ the equation f(x + a)=  f(x)  (f(x))2 holds for all x. Prove that the function f is periodic.
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7. Let f(x) = (x + 1)(x + 2)(x + 3)(x + 4) + 5 where x  [–6, 6]. If the range of the function is
[a, b] where a, b  N then find the value of (a + b).
3  4 
8. The set of real values of ‘x’ satisfying the equality       5 (where [ ] denotes the greatest
x x

  b b
integer function) belongs to the interval  a, c  where a, b, c  N and is in its lowest form. Find
 c
the value of a + b + c + abc.
9. (a) A function ƒ is defined for all positive integers and satisfies ƒ(1) = 2005 and ƒ(1)
+ ƒ(2) + ............ + ƒ(n) = n 2 ƒ(n) for all n > 1. Find the value of ƒ(2004).
(b) If a, b are positive real numbers such that a – b = 2, then find the smallest value of
the constant L for which x 2  ax  x 2  bx  L for all x > 0.
(c) Let ƒ(x) = x2 + kx; k is a real number. The set of values of k for which the equation
f(x) = 0 and ƒ(ƒ(x)) = 0 have same real solution set.
(d) Let P(x) = x 6 + ax 5 + bx 4 + cx 3 + dx 2 + ex + f be a polynomial such that
P(1) = 1; P(2) = 2; P(3) = 3; P(4) = 4; P(5) = 5 and P(6) = 6, then find the value
of P(7).

(e) Let a and b be real numbers and let ƒ(x) = asinx + b 3 x  4, x  R . If ƒ(log10(log310))
=5 then find the value of ƒ(log10(log103)).

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10 . Let [x] = the greatest integer less than or equal to x. If all the values of x such that product
 1 1
 x  2   x  2  is prime, belongs to the set [x1, x2)  [x3, x4), find the value of x1  x 2  x 3  x 4 .
2 2 2 2

1 1 . (a) The function ƒ(x) has the property that for each real number x in its domain, 1/x is also
in its
domain and ƒ(x) + ƒ(1/x) = x. Find the largest set of real numbers that can be in the domain
of ƒ(x) ?

(b) Let ƒ(x)  ax 2  bx . Find the set of real values of 'a' for which there is at least one positive
real value of 'b' for which the domain of ƒ and the range of ƒ are the same set.
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 |n{x}| |n{x}|
e {x} where ever it exists
12. Prove that the function defined as, f (x) = 

{x} otherwise, then
f(x) is odd as well as even. (where {x} denotes the fractional part function).
13. Let ƒ(x) = x135 + x125 – x115 + x5 + 1. If ƒ(x) is divided by x3 – x then the remainder is some
function of x say g(x). Find the value of g(10).
14. Let {x} & [x] denote the fractional and integral part of a real number x respectively. Solve
4{x} = x + [x].
15. ƒ(x) and g(x) are linear function such that for all x, ƒ(g(x)) and g(ƒ(x)) are Identity functions. If
ƒ(0) = 4 and g(5) = 17, compute f(2006).
16. A is a point on the circumference of a circle. Chords AB and AC divide the area of the circle into
three equal parts. If the angle BAC is the root of the equation, f(x) = 0 then find ƒ(x).
17. If for all real values of u & v, 2f(u)cosv = f(u + v) + f(u – v), prove that, for all real values of x.
(i) f(x) + f(–x) = 2acosx (ii) f( – x) + f(–x) = 0
(iii) f( – x) + f(x) = –2bsinx. Deduce that f(x) = acosx – b sinx, a, b are arbitrary constants.
18. A function f, defined for all x, y  R is such that f(1) = 2; f(2) = 8 & f(x + y) – kxy = f(x)
+ 2y 2, where k is some constant. Find f(x) & show that :
 1 
ƒ(x  y)f    k for x + y  0.
xy
Answer Key
x  1, 0  x  1  x 1 if x  1
(1  x),  1  x  0 3  x, 1  x  2 
1 . fog(x) = ; gof(x) = 2. f –1 (x) =  0 if x  0
x  1, 2  x  3 
x  1, 0 x2
5  x, 3  x  4   (x  1) if x   1
1
 2 if 0  x  1
4 . g(x) = x 5. 6016 7. 5049 8. 20
 x2 if x  1

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9 . (a) , (b) 1, (c) [0, 4) (d) 727, (e) 3 10. 11
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11. (a) {–1, 1} (b) a  {0, –4} 13. 21 14. x = 0 or 5/3
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1 5 .1 2 2 16. f(x) = sin x  x  18. f(x) = 2x 2
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