Functions

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Question 1

1
f(x) = (x + 2)3 – 5 g(x) = 2x + 10 h(x) = x , x ≠ 0

Find

(a) gf (x), [2]

–1
(b) f [3]
(x),

1
(c) gh (– ). [2]
5

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Question 2

3 2
f(x) = (x – 1) g(x) = (x – 1) h(x) = 3x + 1

[2]
(a) Work out fg(-1).

(b) Find gh(x) in its simplest form. [2]

-1 [2]
(c) Find f (x).

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Question 3

(a) f(x) = 1 – 2x.

(i) Find f(-5). [1]

(ii) g(x) = 3x – 2.

Find gf(x). Simplify your answer. [2]

2
(b) h(x) = x – 5x – 11.

Solve h(x) = 0.
[4]
Show all your working and give your answer correct to 2 decimal places.

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Question 4

19
(a) Find fg(7). [2]

(b) (i) Solve f(x) = g(x). [2]

(ii) The graphs of y = f(x) and y = g(x) meet at M.

Find the coordinates of M. [1]

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Question 5

19 f(x) = 2x + 3 g(x) = x2

(a) Find fg(6). [2]

(b) Solve the equation gf(x) = 100. [3]

(c) Find f –1(x). [2]

(d) Find ff –1(5). [1]

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Question 6

21

Find

(a) fg(5) , [2]

(b) gg(x) in its simplest form, [2]

[2]
(c) f –1(x) ,

(d) the value of x when h(x) = 8. [2]

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Question 7

16 f(x) = x + x2 – 3, x ¸ 0 g(x) = x – 5
2
Find

(a) fg(18), [2]

(b) g–1(x). [2]

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Question 8
x3
f(x) = 4(x + 1) g(x) = - 1
2
-1
(a) Write down the value of x when f (x) = 2.

[1]

(b) Find fg(x). Give your answer in its simplest form.

[2]

-1
(c) Find g
(x).

[3]

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Question 9

x +2
f(x) = x 2+ 1 g(x) =
3

(a) Work out ff(-1).

[2]

(b) Find gf(3x), simplifying your answer as far as possible.

[3]
-1
(c) Find g (x).

[2]

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Question 10

f(x) = 3x + 5 g(x) = 4x - 1

(a) Find the value of gg(3).

[2]

(b) Find fg(x), giving your answer in its simplest form.

[2]

(c) Solve the equation.

–1
f (x) = 11

[1]

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Question 11

1
f(x) = (x ≠ -4)
x +4
2
g(x) = x – 3x
3
h(x) = x + 1

(a) Work out fg(1). [2]

(b) Find [2]

(c) Solve the equation g(x) = - 2. [3]

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Question 12

3
20 f(x) = x g(x) = 2x − 3

(a) Find

(i) g(6), [1]

(ii) f(2x). [1]

(b) Solve fg(x) = 125. [3]

−1
(c) Find the inverse function g (x) . [2]

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Question 13

2 x
19 f(x) = x g(x) = 2 h(x) = 2x – 3

(a) Find g(3). [1]

(b) Find hh(x) in its simplest form. [2]

(c) Find fg(x + 1) in its simplest form. [2]

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Question 14

16 The function f(x) is given by

f(x) = 3x – 1.

Find, in its simplest form,

‐−1
(a) f f(x), [1]

(b) ff(x). [2]

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Question 15

(a) Find f(−1). [1]

−1
(b) Find f (x).
[2]

−1
(c) Find f f (8). [1]

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Question 16
f(x) = x + 3 , x ≠0.
x
1
(a) Calculate f ( 4 ).
[1]

1
(b) Solve f(x) = 4. [2]

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Question 17
x
f(x) = 10 .

(a) Calculate f(0.5). [1]

−1
(b) Write down the value of f (1). [1]

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Question 18

x +1
f ( x) = and g( x) = 2 x + 1.
2

(a) Find the value of gf (9) .

[1]

(b) Find gf (x) , giving your answer in its simplest form. [2]

‐1
(c) Solve the equation g (x) = 1. [2]

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Question 19

f: x  2x – 1 and g: x  x2 – 1.
Find, in their simplest forms,

(a) f–1(x),
[2]

(b) gf(x).
[2]

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