Mukuba University

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

MAT110 - Introductory Mathematics
Tutorial Sheet 3 - Relations and Functions January, 2025

1. State which of the following relations given by the arrow diagrams below are functions.

a 1 a 1 a 1
b 2 b 2 b 2
c 3 c 3 c 3
d 4 d 4 d 4

(a) (b) (c)

a 1 a 1 a 1
b 2 b 2 b 2
c 3 c 3 c 3
d 4 d 4 d 4

(d) (e) (f)

2. Consider the relation R = {(1, 1) , (2, 3) , (3, 1) , (4, 5)} on the set S = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} .
(a) Use an arrow diagram to represent R.
(b) State why R is not a function.

3. By use of arrow diagrams, determine whether the given relation is a function on the set
A = {1, 2, 3, 4} .
(a) f1 = {(1, 1) , (2, 1) , (3, 1) , (4, 2)} .
(b) f2 = {(1, 3) , (2, 2) , (3, 2) , (4, 1) , (2, 1)} .

4. Let X = {1, 4, 7} , Y = {3, 4, 5} and let R be a relation from set X to set Y defined by

R = {(1, 4) , (4, 3) , (7, 3)} .

(a) Determine, with reason(s), whether R is a function.

(b) Find the domain and range of R.

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5. Determine whether each of the given relation below is a function or not. 

3x + 2, : x ≥ 0
(a) y = 5x − 2 (b) y = x2 (c) f (x) =
5x − 1, : x<0

6. If the function is defined by

 2
 3x + 4, : x ≤ −4
f (x) = 10, : −4 < x ≤ 15
1 − 6x, : x > 15


Compute the following:

(a) f (−4) (b) f (6) (c) f (21) (d) f (2)

7. For each of the following functions, find the image of −3, − 12 , 2, 5.

(a) f (x) = 3 − 7x (b) g(x) = 2 (x + 2)2 (c) h(x) = 2x+1
x−1

8. Find the values of the constants in each of the following ;

(a) h(x) = ax2 − b, where a and b are constants, h(2) = −5 and h(−1) = 2.
(b) f (x) = px + q, where p and q are constants, f (−2) = 7 and f (1) = −1.
(c) g(x) = ax2 + bx + c, where a, b and c are constants, g(0) = 7, g(1) = 6 and
g(−1) = 12.

9. Find the range of each function for the given domain.

(a) f (x) = 2x − 1, Domain = {x ∈ Z : −2 ≤ x ≤ 3}.
2
(b) f (x) = x , Domain = {x ∈ R : −2 < x < 2}.
1
(c) f (x) = x−1
, Domain = {x ∈ R : x > 1}.

10. Find the domain and the range of the following functions.
(a) f (x) = 2x + 1 (b) f (x) = x1 1
(c) f (x) = x−1
1 x+2
(d) f (x) = x+2 (e) f (x) = x−1 (f) f (x) = x21+1
√ √
(g) f (x) = x2 + 2x + 1 (h) f (x) = x − 2 (i) f (x) = x2 + 1

11. Check whether the given functions below are one to one, if it is, find the inverse.
(a) f (x) = 3x − 5 (b) h(x) = x3 (c) g(x) = x1
x
√
(d) s(x) = x+4 (e) r(x) = x2 + 1 (f) t(x) = √xx2 +4

x−3
12. Show that the function f defined by f (x) = x+2
is a bijection. Also, find the domain
and range.

13. Determine whether the given functions below are even, odd nor neither.
√
(a) f (x) = x2 (b) f (x) = 3 x (c) f (x) = x2 − x
−x
(d) f (x) = x2 + 4x − 10 (e) f (x) = x + x1 (f) f (x) = x−x 3
3 4 2
(g) f (x) = 5x − 4x (h) f (x) = x − 4x (i) f (x) = 1 − 2 |x|
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14. Find f + g, f − g, f · g and fg and determine their domain.

√ √ √ √
(a) f (x) = x − 1, g(x) = x (b) f (x) = x + 2, g(x) = 3x − 1

15. If f (x) = x2 + 5, g(x) = x + 1 and h(x) = 2x, find:

(a) (f ◦ g)(x) (b) (g ◦ h)(x) (c) (h ◦ f )(x)
x
16. If f (x) = x+2 and g(x) = 2x − 1,
(a) Evaluate (g ◦ f ) 34 (b) Verify (f ◦ g)−1 = g −1 ◦ f −1

17. Find (f ◦ g)(x) and (g ◦ f )(x) for the following and their domain and range.
√
(a) f (x) = 3x, g(x) = 3x + √ 1 (b) f (x) = x − 2, g(x) = 3x − 1
(c) f (x) = 1 − x2 , g(x) = x (d) f (x) = x2 , g(x) = 4 − 9x
2 1
(e) f (x) = x−2 , g(x) = x+1 (f) f (x) = 3x − 2, g(x) = x+2
3

18. Verify that the two given functions are inverses of each other.
√
(a) f (x) = x3 + 1 and g(x) = 3 x − 1.
1
(b) f (x) = x−1 and g(x) = 1 + x1 .
(c) f (x) = − 12 x + 56 and g(x) = −2x + 53 .
√ 2
(d) f (x) = 2x − 4 for x ≥ 2 and g(x) = x 2+4 .
√
(e) f (x) = x2 − 4 for x ≥ 0 and g(x) = x + 4 for x ≥ −4.

19. The diagrams below are graphs of real functions. Which of these graphs represent
functions that are odd, even or neither? Which of these graphs represents functions that
are one-to-one? Justify your answer.
y y y

x x x

(a) (b) (c)

y y y

x x x

(d) (e) (f)