PRE-RMO MATHEMATICS FUNCTION

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Find range of: y  2x
2
1.
Solution:
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Given, y  2x
2

y  2x 1
2

as x 2  1 [1, )
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 y  2x [21 , 2 )
2

 [2, )

2. Find range of: y  2 x ;  1  x  1

Solution:
Given, y  2 x ;  1  x  1

y  2x ;  1  x  1

y   21 , 21 

1 
y   , 2
2 
3. Find range of: y  2sin x
Solution:
Given, y  2sin x

as sin x   1,1

 y  2sin x   2 1 , 21 

1 
y   , 2
2 
 x 1
Find range of: y  5x
2
4.
Solution:
  x 1
Given, y  5x
2

 x 1
y  5x
2

3 
as x 2  x  1  ,  
4 

 y  5x  x 1
 53/ 4 ,5 
2

 53/ 4 ,  

 x  3 x 2
 7 x 12 
1 1
5. Solve for x :    
2 2
  x  3 x 2  7 x 12 
1 1
Solution:    
2 2
x  3  x  7 x  12
2

x 2  8 x  15  0
 x  5 x  3  0
x  3,5
6. Find range of: y  log10 x ; x  1,1000
Solution:
y  log10 x ; x  1,1000
Thus, y  log10 x   log10 1, log10 103 
y  0,3
7. Find range of: y  log10  x 2  1

Solution: y  log10  x 2  1

Since, x 2  1 [1, )

 log10  x 2  1   log1, log  

y  [0,  )

8. Find range of: y  log10  2  sin x 

Solution: y  log10  2  sin x 

as 2  sin x  [1, 3]

 log10  2  sin x   log10 1,log10 3

 y  0,log10 3

9. Find domain of f  x   log10 1  x 3 

Solution: f  x   log10 1  x 3  exists,

if 1  x 3  0
 1  x  1  x  x 2   0 ; {where 1  x  x 2  is always positive as D < 0 and a > 0}

So, 1 + x > 0
or x > -1
or x  1,  

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10. The domain of definition of the function y   x  2 is
log10 1  x 
(a) [-2, 1] (b) [-2, 1) (c) [-2, 0)  (0, 1) (d) none of these
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Solution: y   x2
log10 1  x 

x 1 & x  0 x  2

 x   2,1  0  x   2, 0    0,1

log 2  x  3
11. Find the domain of definition of f  x  
x 2  3x  2
log 2  x  3 log 2  x  3
Solution: Here, f  x    exists if,
x  3 x  2  x  1 x  2 
2

Numerator x + 3 > 0
 x  3 …(i)
and denominator (x + 1) (x + 2)  0
 x  1, 2 …(ii)
Thus, from (i) and (ii), we have
domain of f(x) is  3,    1, 2

3 x
12. The domain of the function f  x   log10 is
x
(a) (0, 3/2) (b) (0, 3) (c)  ,3 / 2 (d) (0, 3/2]
Solution:
 3 x
Given function is f  x   log10  
 x 
3 x 3 x
For domain,  0 and log10    0.
x  x 
x3 3 x
That is,  0 and 1
x x
x3
For  0 , we get x   0, 3  … (1)
x
3 x
For  1,
x
3 x
 1  0
x
3  2x
 0
x
 3
2 x  
 
2
0
x
 3
 x   0,  … (2)
 2
 3
Taking intersection of (1) and (2), we get x   0, 
 2
 
Solve 8  32 for x , where [ ] is the GIF.
x
13.
 2 2 
(a) x    , 2  (b) x   ,  (c) x   2,   (d) x   ,  
 3 3 
Solution:
8   32
x

 x
  23   25
 2    25
3x

 3 x   5
5
  x 
3
  x  1
 x2
 x   , 2 

14. Find the domain of the function y  log  3  2 x  .

 (a) x  1,   (b) x    , 1 (c) x   2,   (d) x   , 2 

Solution:

y  log  3  2 x 
For domain, log  3  2 x   0 and 3  2 x  0
 3  2 x  1 and 3  2 x  0
3
 x  1 and x 
2
Taking intersection, x   , 1

15. The greatest two digit integer contained in the solution set of the inequality 2log10 x  4 is
Solution:
Given inequation is 2log10 x  4 .
Note that x  0 … (1)
Now, 2log10 x  4
 2log10 x  22
 log10 x  2
 log10 x  log10 100
 x  100 … (2)

From (1) and (2), we get x   0, 100 .

Thus, the greatest two digit integer in the set  0, 100 is 99.