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Beginning Calculus Ex1

This document contains 32 practice problems involving functions, including finding domain and range, determining minimum/maximum values, sketching graphs, and evaluating composite functions. The problems cover topics such as linear, quadratic, square root, rational, and trigonometric functions. Students are asked to apply concepts like domain, range, intercepts, asymptotes, and transformations to solve problems involving single variable functions.

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Beginning Calculus Ex1

This document contains 32 practice problems involving functions, including finding domain and range, determining minimum/maximum values, sketching graphs, and evaluating composite functions. The problems cover topics such as linear, quadratic, square root, rational, and trigonometric functions. Students are asked to apply concepts like domain, range, intercepts, asymptotes, and transformations to solve problems involving single variable functions.

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SMN 3013 BEGINNING CALCULUS

Semester 2 Session 2012/2013


Practice Exercise 1: Functions
1. Let y = x2 2x 24: Find the values of x for which y 0: (Answer: fx j x
)
p
x. Find the value x for which y = 2: (Answer: x = 25 )
2. Let y = 3
3. Let y = 4x3 +x2 4x+1: Find the values of x for which y
1
;1 )
4
4. Let y = x2

4 or x

0: (Answer: ( 1; 1][

4: What is the minimum value of y? ( Answer:

4)

5. Let y = 4x2 8x+9: Determine at what x the graph of this equation has a minimum.
(Answer: x = 1 )
6. Find the natural domain for f (x) =

1
(x

1)2

2: (Answer: Rn f1g )

p
7. Find the natural domain and range for f (x) = 3x + 4: (Answers: [ 4=3; 1);
[0; 1) )
r
x+5
: (Answer: ( 1; 5] [ (1; 1) )
8. Find the natural domain for f (x) =
x 1
p
9. Find the natural domain for g (x) = 4 3x x2 : (Answer: [ 4; 1] )
10. Find the x

coordinate of any hole(s) in the graph of f (x) =

x = 2 only)

x2 2x
: (Answer:
x2 4

11. Determine all x values where there are holes in the graph of f (x) =
(Answer: x =

x2 + 2x 15
:
(x + 2) (x 3)2

2; 3 )

12. Suppose f (x) = 5 + (x

2)2 : Find f (3) : (Answer: f (3) = 6 )

x 9 if x 3
: Find f (2) : (Answer: f (2) = 7 )
x2
if x > 3
p
p
14. Explain how to obtain the graph of y = 1 + x + 2 from the y = x:
p
p
15. Explain how to obtain the graph of y = 3 x 2 from the y = x:
13. Suppose f (x) =

16. Explain how to obtain the graph of y = 7 + (x

2)2 from the y = x2 :

17. Use the graph of f (x) = jxj to sketch the graph of f (x) = 2
18. Let f (x) =

x2

x
x

and g (x) = x

3; nd:
1

j2

xj :

6g

(a) (f + g) (x) : (Answer:


(b) (f

g) (x) : (Answer:

19. Let f (x) =

p
x
and
g
(x)
=
x , nd
1 + x2

(a) f ( 2) : (Answer:
2

2=5 )

x2 = jxj )
p
x
g) (x). (Answer:
)
1+x

(b) g (x ) : (Answer:
(c) (f

2x

4x
x
6
)

x
x+2
(x) : (Answer:
:x 6= 0 )
x

f
g

(c)

2x2

20. Let f (x) = x3 and g (x) = x 2. Find (f


p
p
21. Let f (x) = x 5 and g (x) = x; nd
pp
(a) (f g) (x) : (Answer:
x 5)

g) (x) : (Answer: (x

2)3 )

(b) the domain of (f

g) (x) : (Answer: [25; 1) ).


p
(c) (g f ) (x) : (Answer: 4 x 5 )

(d) the domain of (g f ) (x) : (Answer: [5; 1) )


22. Let h (x) = (x + 2)6 : Find two functions f and g such that f
f (x) = x6 ; g (x) = jx + 2j )

g = h: (Answer:

23. Let f (x) = x2 + 2. Find f (f (x)) : (Answer: x4 + 4x2 + 6 )


24. Let f (x) = x2 and g (x) = x3
25. Let f (x) =px3 x2
1
13
x=
)
6

6: Find (f

)
27. Determine the vertical asymptote(s) of y =
28. If f ( ) = 2 sin + cos 2 ; nd
(a) f (0). (Answer: 1 )
3
(b) f
: (Answer: )
6
2

29. If

6) )

x + 1. For what values of x does f (x) = f (x + 1) : (Answer:

26. Determine the vertical asymptote(s) of y =

(c) f

g) (x) : (Answer: (x3

: (Answer:

1=2 )

(x) = 2 sin 2x cos 3x; nd


2

x2

x
+ 3x

18

: (Answer: x =

x 1
: (Answer: x =
x2 + 2x

6; x = 3

2; x = 0 )

(a)
(b)
(c)

: (Answer: 0 )

6
4
2

. (Answer:

p
2)

: (Answer: 0 )

30. Given that

8
<

1 if x < 0
0
if x = 0
s (x) =
:
1
if x > 0

Find s ( 1) ; s (5) ; s (0) : (Answers:


31. Given that

1; 1; 0 )

8
if
< 1
4 x if
g (x) =
: 2
x
4 if

1 x<2
2<x<9
x 9

Find s (0) ; s (2) ; s (4) : (Answers: 1; undened; 0 )


32. Let f (x) = x2

x + 1, nd

33. Let f (x) = x2 + 1, nd

f (2 + h)
h

f (x + h)
h

f (2)

f (x)

: (Answer: 3 + h )

: (Answer: 2x + h )

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