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MSM 131 Tutorial Sheet 2

This document contains 19 problems related to functions and relations. It covers topics like determining Cartesian products, domains and ranges of functions, composition of functions, finding inverses of functions, and classifying functions as even, odd, or neither. The problems involve algebraic manipulation and graphing of various polynomial, rational, radical, and absolute value functions.

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MSM 131 Tutorial Sheet 2

This document contains 19 problems related to functions and relations. It covers topics like determining Cartesian products, domains and ranges of functions, composition of functions, finding inverses of functions, and classifying functions as even, odd, or neither. The problems involve algebraic manipulation and graphing of various polynomial, rational, radical, and absolute value functions.

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MSM 131 Tutorial Sheet 2 October 2, 2022

1. Let A = {a, b, c, d} and B = {e, f, g}. Determine


(a) A × B
(b) B × A
(c) Is A × B = B × A?
2. Given that A = {2, 4, 6, 9} and B = {4, 6, 18, 27, 54}, a ∈ A, b ∈ B, find the
set of ordered pairs such that ’a’ is a factor of ’b’ and a<b.
3. Find the domain and range of the relation R given by
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R = {(x, y) : y = x + , x, y ∈ N and x<6}
x
.
4. Find the domain of the relation,

R = {(x, y) : x, y ∈ Z, xy = 4}

5. Is the following relation a function? Justify your answer


(a) R1 = {(2, 3), ( 21 , 0), (2, 7), (−4, 6)}
(b) R2 = {(x, |x|), x ∈ R}
6. Is f = {(1, 1), (2, 3), (3, 5), (4, 7)} a function? Justify. If this is described by
the relation, f (x) = ax + b, then what values should be assigned to a and
b?
7. Given the function f (x) = 21 x − 1, find the function values. f (0), f (2), f (4)
and f (−2)
8. Given the function f (x) = x2 − 2x and g(x) = 3x + 5, find the function
values. f (t), g(w + 4), f (−t).
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9. If f (x) = x3 − x3 , find f (x) + f ( x1 ).
10. If P = {x : x<3, x ∈ N}, Q = {x : x ≤ 2, x ∈ W}. Find (P ∪ Q) × (P ∩ Q),
where W is the set of whole numbers.
11. If f (x) = 2x2 − 1 and g(x) = 1 − 3x, find the domain for which the functions
are equal.

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12. Find the domain of each of the following functions and write the answers in
builder notation.
x
(a) f (x) = x2 +3x+2
(b) f (x) = |x| + x
(c) f (x) = √ 21
|x| −|x|−6
(d) f (x) = x|x|
3x
(e) f (x) = 2x−8
(f) f (x) = √1
x+|x|
x3 −x+3
(g) f (x) = x2 −1
(h) y = √1
x−5
x+7
(i) f (x) = 2x−1
(j) f (x) = xx−4
2 +9
√
(k) f (t) = t+4
13. Find the range of each of the following functions.
|x−4|
(a) y = x−4
√
(b) y = 16 − x2
3
(c) y = 2−x2
(d) y = 1 − |x − 2|
(e) y = |x − 3|
(f) y = √1
x−5
x−1
14. Let f (x) = x+1 , show that
(a) f ( x1 ) = −f (x)
(b) f (− x1 ) = f−1
(x)

2
x − x + 1 for x ≤ −5

15. If f (x) = 3x − 2 for − 5<x ≤ 4

 3
x − 4x for x>4
find f (5), f (−1), f (4), and f (−5).
16. For each of the functions below Find f ◦ g and g ◦ f

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(a) f (x) = |x| and g(x) = 5x − 2
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(b) f (x) = 8x3 and g(x) = x 3
17. Find the inverse of each functions.
(a) f (x) = −x
(b) f (x) = (x − 2)5 + 3
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(c) g(x) = x+2
−2x−2
(d) f (x) = x+2
10−x
(e) f (x) = 5
(f) f (x) = −(x − 1)3
√
4− 3 4x
(g) f (x) = 2
√
(h) 3 x + 1 + 2
q
(i) f (x) = 5 −x+2
2

18. Verify whether each of the given function is even, odd or neither.
(a) f (x) = x4 − 5x
(b) f (x) = x3 + 3x
19. Algebraically determine whether the following functions are Even, Odd, or
Neither.
(a) f (x) = x3 − x2 + 4x + 2
(b) f (x) = x2 + 10
(c) f (x) = x3 + 4x
(d) f (x) = −x3 + 5x − 2
√
(e) f (x) = x4 − x2 + 4
(f) f (x) = |x + 4|
(g) f (x) = |x| + 4
(h) f (x) = x4 − 2x2 + 4
√
(i) f (x) = 3 x
√
(j) f (x) = x x2 − 1

Prepared by: Bupe Kolosa

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