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Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
M1511 - Pre-Calculus Tutorial Four(Functions 1)
1. Find the solutions of the following inequalities:
x2 (x − 5)(x − 2) (a) ≥0 (x + 4) 1 (b) 4x ≤ x 2 x + x − 20 (c) ≤0 x3 + x x+2 x−1 (d) < x+3 x−2 2. Find the sum of all the solutions to |x2 + 2x| = |4x + 3|. f (x + h) − f (x) 3. Find and simplify f (x), f (a), f (a + h), f (x + h), and the quotient , where h ̸= 0 h (a) f (x) = 5 − 2x (c) f (x) = 5 (e) f (x) = 3 − 5x + 4x2 x (b) f (x) = 3x2 + 2 (d) f (x) = (f) f (x) = x3 x+1
1 √ (c) f (x) = x2 − 2x − 8 x2 (a) f (x) = (e) f (x) = √ 3x − 6 6−x √ x4 x x (b) f (x) = 2 (d) f (x) = 2 (f) f (x) = √ 4 x +x−6 2x + x − 1 9 − x2 6. Evaluate the defined function at the indicated values
(a) k(x) = 2x3 − 3x2 0, 3, a2 , −x, x2 , x3
( 5 if x ≤ 2 (b) f (x) = 2x − 3 if x > 2 −3, 0, 2, 3, 5 t+2 (c) g(t) = , −2, 0, a, a2 − 2, a + 1 t−2 |x| (d) f (x) = , −2, 5, x2 , x1 x 3x if x ≤ 0 (e) f (x) = x + 1 if 0 ≤ x ≤ 2 −5, 0, 1, 2, 5 2 (x − 2) if x > 2
7. Suppose a > 0. Write y = |a − x2 | as a piecewise function.
8. Determine whether the function f is even, odd or neither
(a) f (x) = x3 (c) f (x) = 3x2 + 2x2 + 1 1
(d) f (x) = x + (b) f (x) = x4 − 4x2 x
9. Show that if f and g are odd functions, then so is f + 2g.
10. Find the functions f ◦ g, g ◦ f , f ◦ f , g ◦ g and their domains
x 2 x (a) f (x) = 6x − 5, g(x) = (e) f (x) = , g(x) = 2 √ x x+2 (b) f (x) = x2 + 2, g(x) = 3 x 1 √ (f) f (x) = √ , g(x) = x2 − 4x (c) f (x) = x2 , g(x) = x − 3 x (d) f (x) = x − 4, g(x) = |x + 4| x 11. If k(x) = , find the expression for (k ◦ k ◦ k)(x). 1+x 12. Show that if f is an even function and g is an odd function, then f ◦ g is an even function.