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Denis Waitley


TUTORIAL 1: LOGARITHMIC AND EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS
1. The diagram below is the graph of ( ) ( ) 1 x ln x f = . [Apr01:

( ) , , ( ) , 1 , ( ) 1 e x f
x 1
+ =

]
a) Sketch the graph of ( ) x f
1
.
b) Determine the domain and range of ( ) x f
1
.
c) Find ( ) x f
1
.




2. Given ( )
x
x
e 1
e 1
x f

+
= , find the domain of ( ) x f and range of ( ) x f
1
. [Sep01: 0 x= , 0 y = ]

3. If ( ) ( ) 2 x ln x f = , find ( ) x f
1
and its domain. [Mar02: ( ) 2 e x f
x 1
+ =

, ( ) , ]

4. Given the function ( )
x
2 x f = , find [Sep02: ( ) 2 ln / x ln x f
1
=

, ( ) , 0 , ( ) , ]
a) The inverse of f, ( ) x f
1
.
b) The domain and range of ( ) x f
1
.



5. Find ( ) 1 f
1
for ( ) ( ) x 3 ln 1 x f = . [Apr03: 1/3, ( ) 3 / e x f
x 1 1
= ]

6. Given ( ) 3 e x f
x
+ = , find [Apr03: ( ) , 3 , ( ) , ]
a) Sketch the graph of ( ) x f . Hence, sketch the graph of ( ) x f
1
.
b) State the domain and range for ( ) x f
1
.



7. Given the function ( )
1 x 4
e x f
+
= , find [Oct03: ( ) ( ) 4 / ) 1 x (ln x f
1
=

, ( ) , 0 , ( ) , ]
a) Sketch the graph of ( ) x f .
b) Find the inverse of f, ( ) x f
1
.
c) Find the domain and range of ( ) x f
1
.



8. Given the function ( )
x 2
e x f

= , find [Mar04: ( ) , , ( ) , 0 ]
a) Find ( ) x f
1
.
b) State the domain of ( ) x f and ( ) x f
1
.

9. Given that ( ) ( ) 2 x ln x f = . State the domain and range of ( ) x f
1
. Sketch the graphs of ( ) x f and ( ) x f
1
on the same coordinate
axes. [Nov05: ( ) , 2 ( ) , ]

10. Given the function ( )
( ) 1 x 2
e x f
+
= , find [Apr06: ( ) ( ) 1 2 / x ln x f
1
=

, ( ) , , ( ) , 0 ]
a) Sketch the graph of ( ) x f .
b) Find the inverse of f, ( ) x f
1
.
c) Find the domain and range of ( ) x f and ( ) x f
1
.

11. Given that ( )
3 x 4
e x f
+
= .[Oct06: ( ) ( ) 4 / 3 x ln x f
1
=

, ( ) , , ( ) , 0 ]
a) Find the inverse of ( ) x f .
b) State the domain and range of ( ) x f and ( ) x f
1
.
c) Sketch the graph of ( ) x f and ( ) x f
1
.




12. Given ( )
x
e 1
1
x f
+
= . Find[Apr07: ( ) ( ) x / x 1 ln x f
1
=

, ( ) , , ( ) 1 , 0 ]
a) the inverse of f.
b) the domain and range of ( ) x f and ( ) x f
1
.

13. Given that ( )
3
1 x ln x f = .[Oct07: ( ) 1 e x f
x 3 1
+ =

, ( ) , 1 ,

( ) , ]
a) Find the inverse of ( ) x f .
b) State the domain and range of ( ) x f and ( ) x f
1
.
c) Sketch the graph of ( ) x f and ( ) x f
1
.

14. Given ( )
x 4
e 3 1 x f + = . Find[Apr08:

( ) ( ) ( ) 4 / 3 / 1 x ln x f
1
=

, ( ) , , ( ) , 1 ]
a) the domain and range of ( ) x f and ( ) x f
1
.
b) the inverse function of f.

15. Find the inverse of ( ) x cos x f = ; t < < x 0 given below, draw the graph of ( ) ( ) 1 x cos x g + = . Then draw the graph of ( ) x g
1
and hence find
the domain and range of ( ) x g
1
. [Oct08: | | 2 , 0 , | | t , 0 ]

16. Given that ( ) ( ) 3 x ln x f = . Find [Apr09:

( ) 3 e x f
x 1
+ =

, ( ) , 3 , ( ) , ]
a) the inverse function of ( ) x f .
b) the domain and range of ( ) x f and ( ) x f
1
.

17. Based on the given graph ( )
1 x
e x f

= ,
a) sketch the graph of ( ) x f
1
.
b) State the domain and range of ( ) x f
1
.

[Oct09: ( ) , 0 , ( ) , ]
18. Let ) x ( g be the inverse of ( ) 1 e ln ) x ( f
x 2
+ = . Find ) x ( g and its domain. [Apr10: ( ) 1 e ln
2
1
) x ( g
x
= , ( ) , 0 ]

19. Given that ) x 2 1 ln( ) x ( f = . Find [June10:

( ) ( ) 2 / e 1 x f
x 1
=

, ( ) 2 / 1 , , ( ) , ]
a) the inverse function of ( ) x f .
b) the domain and range of ( ) x f and ( ) x f
1


20. Given the function
1 x
e 2 ) x ( f
+
= [Oct10:

( ) 1
2
x
ln x f
1
=

, ( ) , 0 , ( ) , ]
a) Find the inverse function of ( ) x f .
b) Sketch the graph of ( ) x f
1
.
c) Find the domain and range of ( ) x f
1


21. Given
) x 2 (
e 3 ) x ( f

+ = . Find[Apr11:

( )
2
) 3 x ln(
x f
1

, ( ) , , ( ) , 3 ]
a) the domain and range of ( ) x f and ( ) x f
1
.
b) the inverse function of f.



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22. Given 1 e ) x ( f
x 2
+ = . Find [May11:

( ) ) 1 x ln(
2
1
x f
1
=

, ( ) , , ( ) , 1 ]
a) the inverse function of f.
b) the domain and range of ( ) x f and ( ) x f
1
.

23. Given
1 x
e ) x ( f
+
= . [May12:

( ) 1 x ln x f
2 1
=

, | ) , 1 , | ) , 1 ]
a) Find the inverse function of ) x ( f .
b) Find the domain and range of ( ) x f and ( ) x f
1
.

24. Given 3 e ) x ( f
2 x
+ =

, find [Oct12:

( ) 2 ) 3 x ln( x f
1
+ =

, ) , 3 ( , ) , ( ]
a) the inverse function of ) x ( f .
b) the domain and range of ( ) x f and ( ) x f
1
.

25. Given 3 e 5 ) x ( f
x
= . [Mar13:

( ) |
.
|

\
| +
=

5
3 x
ln x f
1
, ) , ( , ) , 3 ( ]
a) Find the inverse function of ) x ( f .
b) Find the domain and range of ( ) x f and ( ) x f
1
.

26. Given ( ) 1
2
x
ln x f |
.
|

\
|
= , find [Sept13:

1 x
e 2 ) x ( f
+
= , ) , 0 ( , ) , ( ]
a) the inverse function of ) x ( f .
b) the domain and range of ( ) x f and ( ) x f
1
.