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Malawi University of Science and Technology

MATH 111: College Algebra and Trigonometry


TUTORIALS ON FUNTIONS

1. Let 𝑓: ℝ → ℝ be given by the following:


(a) f ( x)  x  1
(b) f ( x)  1  x 2

2. Algebraically determine whether the following functions are Even, Odd, or Neither.
(a) f ( x)  x 3  x 2  4 x  2 (f) f ( x)  x  4
(b) f ( x)   x 2  10 (g) f ( x)  x  4
(c) f ( x)  x  4 x
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(h) f ( x)  3 x
(d) f ( x)   x  5 x  2
3

(i) f ( x)  x x 2  1
(e) f ( x)  x  x  4
4 2

3. Graphically determine whether the following functions are Even, Odd, or Neither.

2x  1
4. Given that f ( x )  .
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(a) Calculate f (7 ) .
(b) Find f 1 ( x) .

5. The functions f and g are given by the following:


f ( x)  3 x  1
g ( x)  2 x  4
(a) Calculate fg (2) .
(b) Solve the equation ff ( x )  30
(c) Find gf (x)

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6. The function f is such that f ( x)  kx  3 and g is such that g ( x)  2 x  4 . Given that
gf (2)  34 , find the value of k .

7. For f ( x)  x 2  2 x  1 , show that f ( x  2)  f ( x)  4 x  8 .

8. Sketch the function y  x 2  2 x  3 .

9. Suppose log3 2  0.63093 and log3 5  1.46498 . Find the following:


(a) log3 10 (c) log2 3
(b) log3 6 (d) log3 80

10. Solve the following :


(a) 4 x  37 (d) 4 x  37
(b) 3 x
2
1
 460 (e) log3 x  4 logx 3
x 2 1
(c) 4  32 x

11. Suppose the graph of y  f (x) is as shown below:

Use this graph to sketch the following:


(a) y  f ( x)
(b) y  f ( x)  1
(c) y  f ( x  1)

12. The graph of y  f (x) is shown below.

Use this graph to write down the coordinates of a turning points of the curve with the
following equations:
(a) y  f ( x  3) (c) y   f ( x  2)
(b) y  f ( x) (d) y  f ( x)  1

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13. The following curve with equation y  f (x) is translated so that the point at (0, 0) is
mapped onto the point (4, 0).

Find an equation of the translated curve.

14. The function ℎ: ℝ → ℝ is defined by:

1 if x  0
 2
h( x)   x if 0  x  2 .
3x if 2  x

(a) Find h(0), h(2) and h(h(1)) .
(b) Sketch the graph of y  h(x ) .

15. Money is invested in a bank at an interest rate of 7% per annum. How long will it take for
one's money to increase by 30%?

16. The amount of radioactivity given off by a substance decreases by 5% every hour. After
how long will it be 1% of the original amount?

END OF QUESTIONS

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