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The document contains solutions and answers for a mathematics tutorial, focusing on domains of functions, properties of one-to-one functions, and function transformations. It includes various mathematical proofs and examples related to function composition, periodicity, and graphical analysis. The tutorial is structured with numbered sections addressing specific mathematical concepts and problems.

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Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics

MAM1000W
Tutorial 4 Answers and some solutions March 2011

1. (a) x ≥ −1 (the 4-th root is only defined for non-negatve numbers)


(b) x > 0 (the right-hand side is only defined for x > 0)
(c) −1 ≤ x ≤ 1 (the domain of the arcsine function is the interval [−1, 1])
(d) 0 ≤ x ≤ π (The arccos function is the inverse of the resticted (to the interval
[0, π]) cosine function. The equality f −1 (f (x)) = x only holds for a function f that
is one-to-one. When the cosine function is restricted to [0, π], it is one-to-one.)
2. (a) False. A counterexample is given by any one-to-one function and its inverse,
provided they have the same domain, and the function is not its own inverse.
An easy example is f (x) = 2x.
(b) True. To prove that f ◦ g is even, we have to show that f ◦ g(−x) = f ◦ g(x).
Now
f ◦ g(−x) = f (g(−x)) = f (−g(x)) (since g is odd
= f (g(x)) (since f is even
= f ◦ g(x)

(c) True. If your definition of an inverse function says “A function f has an inverse
if it is one-to-one and there is a function g such that g(f (x)) = x for all x in
the domain of f ”, then this statement is trivially true. But we can prove that
if there is a function g such that g(f (x)) = x for all x in the domain of f ,
then f must be one-to-one. To do this, suppose that f (x1 ) = f (x2 ). Then
x1 = g(f (x1 )) = g(f (x2 )) = x2 , which shows that f is one-to-one.
3. (a) f1 has the same domain as f ; graph is that of f shifted vertically down by 3
units.
(b) Domain f2 = [3, 7], graph is that of f shifted horizontally to the right by 3
units.
(c) Domain the same as that of f ; graph is that of f stretched vertically by a
factor of two.
(d) Domain f4 = [0, 1], graph is that of f shrunk horizontally by a factor of 4.
(e) Same domain as that of f , graph is that of f reflected in the x-axis.
(f) Domain f6 = [−8, 0], graph is that of f stretched horizontally by a factor of 2
and reflected in the y-axis.
√
2−x
4. (a) Domain f ◦ g = (−∞, 2], f ◦ g(x) = e √
Domain g ◦ f = (−∞, ln 2], g ◦ f (x)p= 2 − ex
√
Domain g ◦ g = [−2, 2], g ◦ g(x) = 2 − 2 − x.
√ √
(b) Domain f ◦ g = {x ∈ R : x ≤ − 12 (3 + 2) or x ≥ − 21 (3 − 2)},
√
f ◦ g(x) = 4x2 + 12x + 7 √ √
Domain g ◦ f = {x ∈ R : |x| ≥ 2}, g ◦ f (x) =√2 x2 − 2 + 3
Domain f ◦ f = {x ∈ R : |x| ≥ 2}, f ◦ f (x) = x2 − 4.

1
√ t
5. (a) g(t) = 1 + t2 , h(t) = t (b) g(t) = cos t, h(t) = t3 (c) g(t) = et , h(t) = .
t2 +1
√
 
19 2 1
6. (a) (b) √ 2−
12 13 3
7. (a) The velocity graph is on the left.
(b) Use the horizontal line test.
(c) Find the value of t for which s(t) = 1000.
(d) The time taken to cover 1000m.
(e) 1000.
(f) Draw a tangent to the graph of s at t = 200 and calculate its slope, or read of
v(200) on the velocity graph.
(g) s−1 (2000) is the time taken to reach the rockfall, and v(s−1 (2000)) his speed
at the time.
(h) Note that the the units and scales on the axes are different, so “reflecting in
the line s = t” is not possible here. Think in terms of “flipping” the graph to
interchange the s- and t-axes. One way of doing this is to look at the graph
from the back of the page, with the shorter side of the page at the top.

8. (a) Period 8, Amplitude 4.


(b) g ◦ f (0) = g ◦ f (8) = 0, g ◦ f (2) = g ◦ f (10) ≈ 9.5, g ◦ f (4) = g ◦ f (12) ≈ 6.5
(c) g ◦ f is periodic since f is, and it will have the same period as f . Amplitude
of g ◦ f = 12 (max{f (x) : x ∈ [0, 8]} − min{f (x) : x ∈ [0, 8]}) ≈ 4.75.
(d) The graph of g ◦ f :

(e) (i) 0 (ii) 0, 1.3, 6


(f) Since f ◦ g(x) > 0 for x > 6, the value 0 is not repeated for x > 6.
(g) f ◦ (x) → 4 as x → ∞, since g(x) → 2 as x → ∞ ,and f (2) = 4.

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(h) The graph of f ◦ g:

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