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Functions Exercise

This document contains an exercise with 8 problems about functions and their inverses. Problem 1 asks students to find ranges of functions and describe sets of numbers with certain properties under a function. Problem 2 defines functions and asks students to evaluate them. Problem 3 defines another function and asks students to identify its excluded domain value and evaluate it. Problems 4-6 ask students to find composite functions and their inverses. Problem 7 asks students to find ranges, inverses and sketch graphs of functions and their inverses. Problem 8 defines more functions and asks students to find direct and inverse functions as well as their compositions and inverses.

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Functions Exercise

This document contains an exercise with 8 problems about functions and their inverses. Problem 1 asks students to find ranges of functions and describe sets of numbers with certain properties under a function. Problem 2 defines functions and asks students to evaluate them. Problem 3 defines another function and asks students to identify its excluded domain value and evaluate it. Problems 4-6 ask students to find composite functions and their inverses. Problem 7 asks students to find ranges, inverses and sketch graphs of functions and their inverses. Problem 8 defines more functions and asks students to find direct and inverse functions as well as their compositions and inverses.

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AQA Core 3 Algebra and functions

Section 1: Functions
Exercise
1. Find the range of each of the following functions.
(i) f(x) = 1 3x
(ii) f(x) = x 2
1
(iii) f(x) =
1 x2

where x > 0
where x
where 1 x 1

2. The function d is defined as: d(n) = the number of factors of n, where n .


e.g. d(25) = 3 since 25 has 3 factors: 1, 5 and 25.
(i) Find (a) d(6)
(b) d(5)
(c) d(16)
(d) d(13)
(ii) Describe the set of numbers for which d(n) = 2
(iii) Describe the set of numbers for which d(n) is an odd number.

3. The function f is defined as:


1
f: x
.
x 1
(i) What value of x must be excluded from the domain of this function?
(ii) Find (a) f(2)
(b) f( 3)
(c) f(0)
(iii) For what value of x is f(x) = 2?

4. The functions f, g and h are defined as

f ( x) 1 x

g( x) x 2

h( x)

1
x

Find the following composite functions:


(i) fg(x)
(ii)
gh(x)
(iv) fhg(x)
(v)
f(x)

(iii)
(vi)

gfh(x)
h(x)

5. The functions s and t are defined as:


s( x) x
t( x) x 2
Express the following functions in terms of s and t.
x 2
x4
(i) x 2
(ii)
(iii)

6. Find the inverses of each of the following functions.


(i) f ( x) 3x3 1
x2
(ii) f ( x)
x 1

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AQA C3 Algebra 1 Exercise


(iii) f ( x) 1

2
x

7. For each of the following functions:


(a) state the range of the function
(b) find the inverse of the function, and give its domain
(c) sketch the function and its inverse on the same graph.
(i) f ( x) x2 1
(ii) f ( x) ( x 1)2

x0
x 1

(iii) f ( x) x 1

x 1

(iv) f ( x) x 1

x0

8. The functions f and g are defined by:

f ( x) 2 x 1
Find:
(i) f-1(x)
(v) gf(x)

(ii)
(vi)

g( x)
g-1(x)
(gf)-1(x)

2 x
3
(iii)
(vii)

fg(x)
f-1g-1(x)

(iv)
(viii)

(fg)-1(x)
g-1f-1(x)

What do you notice about the inverse of a composite function?

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