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The document contains exercises on functions and their inverses, including finding domains and ranges, determining the existence of inverses, and performing function compositions. It also includes calculations for specific functions, finding constants, and analyzing asymptotes and intercepts. The exercises are structured with various function definitions and require sketching graphs based on the given information.

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1 Basic Functions MS

The document contains exercises on functions and their inverses, including finding domains and ranges, determining the existence of inverses, and performing function compositions. It also includes calculations for specific functions, finding constants, and analyzing asymptotes and intercepts. The exercises are structured with various function definitions and require sketching graphs based on the given information.

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Functions 1: Functions and their inverse

Name………………………………
1) Find the domain and range of the following functions:

(a) (b)

(a) 𝑥 ∈ ℝ, 𝑦 ≥ 3 (b) 𝑥 ∈ ℝ 𝑥 ≠ 2, 𝑦 > 3,

(c) (d)

(c) 𝑥 ∈ ℝ 𝑥 ≠ 0, 𝑦 ∈ ℝ 𝑦 ≠ 0 (d) 𝑥 ∈ ℝ 𝑦 ≤ 2,

(e) (f)

(e) 𝑥 ∈ ℝ 𝑥 ≠ −2, 𝑦 ∈ ℝ 𝑦 ≠ 0 (d) 𝑥 ∈ ℝ − 4 ≤ 𝑦 ≤ 4,

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2) Do the following functions have an inverse?

(a) (b) (c)

(a) No – fails horizontal test (b) No – fails horizontal test (c) Yes.

3) Sketch the inverse of the following graphs using the line y = x to help:
The inverse graphs are shown in green. (a) is a self inverse and so is the same graph.
(a) (b)

(c) (d)

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(4) The following functions are defined as:
𝑥
𝑓 𝑥 = 4𝑥 + 2, 𝑔 𝑥 = 𝑥! + 𝑥 ℎ 𝑥 = , 𝑥 ≠ −2
𝑥+2
Find:

(a) 𝑓(2) (b) 𝑓𝑔(𝑥) (c) 𝑔𝑓(3) (d) 𝑓 !! 𝑥

!!!
(a) 10 (b) 4𝑥 ! + 4𝑥 + 2 (c) 210 (d) 𝑓 !! 𝑥 = !

(e) ℎ!! 𝑥 (f) ℎℎ!! 𝑥 (g) 𝑓 𝑥+1


!
(e) 𝑥= !!!
(f) 𝑥 (g) 4 𝑥 + 1 + 2 = 4𝑥 + 6

𝑦𝑥 + 2𝑥 = 𝑦

𝑦 𝑥 − 1 = −2𝑥
!!!
ℎ!! 𝑥 = !!!

(5) The following functions are defined as:

𝑓 𝑥 = −2𝑥 + 7, 𝑔 𝑥 = 𝑥 ! + 8𝑥 + 23

(a) If 𝑓 𝑥 = 10. Find 𝑥.

−2𝑥 + 7 = 10
𝑥 = −1.5

(b) If 𝑓 𝑥 = 𝑔(𝑥). Find 𝑥.

−2𝑥 + 7 = 𝑥 ! + 8𝑥 + 23

0 = 𝑥 ! + 10𝑥 + 16

𝑥 = −8, 𝑥 = −2

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(6) You are given the following information:

𝑎 1 1
𝑓 𝑥 = 𝑓 3 = 𝑓 !! 2 = −
𝑏𝑥 + 3 33 4

(a) Find a and b.


𝑎
𝑥=
𝑏𝑦 + 3

𝑥 𝑏𝑦 + 3 = 𝑎

𝑥𝑏𝑦 + 3𝑥 = 𝑎

𝑎 − 3𝑥
𝑓 !! 𝑥 =
𝑏𝑥

𝑎 − 3(2) 1
𝑓 !! 2 = =−
𝑏(2) 4

𝑎 = −0.5𝑏 + 6

𝑎 1
𝑓 3 = =
𝑏(3) + 3 33

1 1
𝑎= 𝑏+
11 11
16 2
𝑏= −
15 3

𝑏 = 10, 𝑎 = 1

(b) What is the domain of 𝑓 𝑥 ?

1
𝑓 𝑥 =
10𝑥 + 3

𝑥 ∈ ℝ 𝑥 ≠ −0.3

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(7) The following function is defined as:

2𝑥 + 3 3
𝑓 𝑥 = ,𝑥 ≠
3 − 2𝑥 2

(a) Find the equation of the horizontal and vertical asymptotes.

𝑥 = 1.5
𝑦 = −1

(b) Find the coordinates of where 𝑓 𝑥 crosses the 𝑥-axis and the 𝑦-axis.

2(0) + 3
𝑓 0 = =1
3 − 2(0)

(0,1)

2𝑥 + 3
𝑓 𝑥 = =0
3 − 2𝑥

3
𝑥=−
2
3
(− , 0)
2

(c) Draw a sketch of the graph of 𝑓 𝑥 .

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