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Exercise 1.3 - Relation & Functions

The document contains solutions to 13 questions related to functions and their inverses. Question 1 defines two functions f and g and asks to write out their composition gof. Question 2 asks to show that for functions f, g, and h from R to R, a certain property holds. Question 3 asks to find the compositions gof and fog for two given functions.

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Exercise 1.3 - Relation & Functions

The document contains solutions to 13 questions related to functions and their inverses. Question 1 defines two functions f and g and asks to write out their composition gof. Question 2 asks to show that for functions f, g, and h from R to R, a certain property holds. Question 3 asks to find the compositions gof and fog for two given functions.

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Exercise 1.

3 : Solutions of Questions on Page Number : 18


Q1 :
Let f: {1, 3, 4} {1, 2, 5} and g: {1, 2, 5} {1, 3} be given by f = {(1, 2), (3, 5), (4, 1)} and g
= {(1, 3), (2, 3), (5, 1)}. Write down gof.

Answer :
The functions f: {1, 3, 4} {1, 2, 5} and g: {1, 2, 5} {1, 3} are defined as
f = {(1, 2), (3, 5), (4, 1)} and g = {(1, 3), (2, 3), (5, 1)}.

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Q2 :
Let f, g and h be functions from R to R. Show that

Answer :
To prove:

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Q3 :
Find gof and fog, if
(i)

(ii)

Answer :

(i)

(ii)

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Q4 :

If

, show that f o f(x) = x, for all

. What is the inverse of f?

Answer :

It is given that

Hence, the given function f is invertible and the inverse of f is f itself.


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Q5 :
State with reason whether following functions have inverse
(i) f: {1, 2, 3, 4} {10} with
f = {(1, 10), (2, 10), (3, 10), (4, 10)}
(ii) g: {5, 6, 7, 8} {1, 2, 3, 4} with
g = {(5, 4), (6, 3), (7, 4), (8, 2)}
(iii) h: {2, 3, 4, 5} {7, 9, 11, 13} with
h = {(2, 7), (3, 9), (4, 11), (5, 13)}

Answer :
(i) f: {1, 2, 3, 4} {10}defined as:
f = {(1, 10), (2, 10), (3, 10), (4, 10)}
From the given definition of f, we can see that f is a many one function as: f(1) = f(2) = f(3) = f(4)
= 10
f is not one-one.
Hence, function f does not have an inverse.
(ii) g: {5, 6, 7, 8} {1, 2, 3, 4} defined as:
g = {(5, 4), (6, 3), (7, 4), (8, 2)}
From the given definition of g, it is seen that g is a many one function as: g(5) = g(7) = 4.
g is not one-one,
Hence, function g does not have an inverse.
(iii) h: {2, 3, 4, 5} {7, 9, 11, 13} defined as:
h = {(2, 7), (3, 9), (4, 11), (5, 13)}
It is seen that all distinct elements of the set {2, 3, 4, 5} have distinct images under h.

Function h is one-one.
Also, h is onto since for every element y of the set {7, 9, 11, 13}, there exists an element x in the
set {2, 3, 4, 5}such that h(x) = y.
Thus, h is a one-one and onto function. Hence, h has an inverse.
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Q6 :

Show that f: [ - 1, 1] R, given by


function f: [ - 1, 1] Range f.

(Hint: For y Range f, y =

is one-one. Find the inverse of the

, for some x in [ - 1, 1], i.e.,

Answer :

f: [ - 1, 1] R is given as
Let f(x) = f(y).

f is a one-one function.
It is clear that f: [ - 1, 1] Range f is onto.
f: [ - 1, 1] Range f is one-one and onto and therefore, the inverse of the function:
f: [ - 1, 1] Range f exists.
Let g: Range f [ - 1, 1] be the inverse of f.

Let y be an arbitrary element of range f.


Since f: [ - 1, 1] Range f is onto, we have:

Now, let us define g: Range f [ - 1, 1] as

gof =

and fog =

f-1 = g

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Q7 :
Consider f: R Rgiven by f(x) = 4x + 3. Show that fis invertible. Find the inverse of f.

Answer :

f: R R is given by,
f(x) = 4x + 3
One-one:
Let f(x) = f(y).

f is a one-one function.
Onto:
For y R, let y = 4x + 3.

Therefore, for any y R, there exists

such that

f is onto.
Thus, f is one-one and onto and therefore, f - 1 exists.

Let us define g: R R by

Hence, f is invertible and the inverse of f is given by

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Q8 :
Consider f: R+ [4, ) given by f(x) = x2+ 4. Show that fis invertible with the inverse f
-1

of given f by

, where R+is the set of all non-negative real numbers.

Answer :
f: R+ [4, ) is given as f(x) = x2 + 4.
One-one:
Let f(x) = f(y).

f is a one-one function.
Onto:
For y [4, ), let y = x2 + 4.

Therefore, for any y R, there exists

such that

.
f is onto.
Thus, f is one-one and onto and therefore, f - 1 exists.
Let us define g: [4, ) R+ by,


Hence, f is invertible and the inverse of f is given by

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Q9 :
Consider f: R+ [ - 5, ) given by f(x) = 9x2+ 6x - 5. Show that fis invertible with

Answer :
f: R+ [ - 5, ) is given as f(x) = 9x2 + 6x - 5.
Let y be an arbitrary element of [ - 5, ).
Let y = 9x2 + 6x - 5.

f is onto, thereby range f = [ - 5, ).

Let us define g: [ - 5, ) R+ as

We now have:

and

Hence, f is invertible and the inverse of f is given by

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Q10 :
Let f: X Y be an invertible function. Show that f has unique inverse.
(Hint: suppose g1 and g2 are two inverses of f. Then for all y Y,
fog1(y) = IY(y) = fog2(y). Use one-one ness of f).

Answer :
Let f: X Y be an invertible function.
Also, suppose f has two inverses (say

).

Then, for all y Y, we have:

Hence,f has a unique inverse.


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Q11 :
Consider f: {1, 2, 3} {a, b, c} given by f(1) = a, f(2) = b and f(3) = c. Find f-1and show that
(f-1)-1= f.

Answer :
Function f: {1, 2, 3} {a, b, c} is given by,
f(1) = a, f(2) = b, and f(3) = c
If we define g: {a, b, c} {1, 2, 3} as g(a) = 1, g(b) = 2, g(c) = 3, then we have:

and

, where X = {1, 2, 3} and Y= {a, b, c}.

Thus, the inverse of f exists and f - 1 = g.


f - 1: {a, b, c} {1, 2, 3} is given by,
f - 1(a) = 1, f - 1(b) = 2, f-1(c) = 3

Let us now find the inverse of f - 1 i.e., find the inverse of g.


If we define h: {1, 2, 3} {a, b, c} as
h(1) = a, h(2) = b, h(3) = c, then we have:

, where X = {1, 2, 3} and Y = {a, b, c}.

Thus, the inverse of g exists and g - 1 = h (f - 1) - 1 = h.


It can be noted that h = f.
Hence, (f - 1) - 1 = f.
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Q12 :
Let f: X Y be an invertible function. Show that the inverse of f-1 is f, i.e.,
(f-1)-1 = f.

Answer :
Let f: X Y be an invertible function.
Then, there exists a function g: Y X such that gof = IXand fog = IY.
Here, f-1 = g.
Now, gof = IXand fog = IY
f-1of = IXand fof-1= IY

Hence,f-1: Y X is invertible and f is the inverse of f-1


i.e., (f-1)-1 = f.
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Q13 :

If f: R R be given by

(A)

, then fof(x) is

(B) x3 (C) x (D) (3 - x3)

Answer :

f: R R is given as

The correct answer is C.


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Q14 :

Let

be a function defined as

Range

(A)

(B)

. The inverse of fis map g:

(C)

(D)

Answer :

It is given that
Let y be an arbitrary element of Range f.

Then, there exists x

Let us define g: Range

Now,

Thus, g is the inverse of f i.e., f - 1 = g.

such that

as

Hence, the inverse of f is the map g: Range

The correct answer is B.

, which is given by

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