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Bunday Tutorial Mat101 Functions Practice Qsts

The document is a set of practice questions for a mathematics tutorial at Lagos State University, focusing on functions, their evaluations, and properties. It includes various types of problems such as finding function values, zeros, domains, ranges, and inverses. The tutorial encourages participation by offering a monetary reward for correctly solved questions.

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Bunday Tutorial Mat101 Functions Practice Qsts

The document is a set of practice questions for a mathematics tutorial at Lagos State University, focusing on functions, their evaluations, and properties. It includes various types of problems such as finding function values, zeros, domains, ranges, and inverses. The tutorial encourages participation by offering a monetary reward for correctly solved questions.

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BUNDAY TUTORIAL

Lagos State University


MR BUNDAY: 07011534711, 07053845576
MAT 101 PRACTICE QUESTIONS

FUNCTIONS
1. Find the values for the following functions:
(a) f (x) = 3x − 1; f (0), f (−1), f (1)
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(b) f (x) = x + x + 1; f (−1), f (0), f (x + 1)
x
(c) f (x) = x+1 ; f (0), f (1), f (x − 1)
2. Find the zeros of the following functions:
x−1
(a) f (x) = x − 1 (b) f (x) = x2 − x − 6 (c) f (x) = x+2
x+1
3. Given the function f (x) = x−2 , find the images of x = −1, 1, 21 . What value of x has no image?

4. Functions f and g are given by f (x) = x2 − x and g(x) = 2x − 3. Evaluate f (0), f (−1), g(0) and g(−1). If f (x) + g(x) = 3. Find
x
5. If h(x) = ax + b, find the values of a and b, given that h(2) = 4 and h(4) = 10
6. Given the function f (x) = x2 − 3x − 2, express f (2a) − f (a), in terms of a
7. If f (x) = x2 − x + 1, find f (a), f (b) and f (a + b). Is f (a + b) = f (a) + f (b)?
8. f (x) = ax2 + bx + c, where a, b and c are constant numbers. If f (0) = 5, what is the value of c?. Given also that f (1) = 6 and
f (−1) = 8, find the values of a and b.
9. Consider the polynomial function f (x) = 3x2 − 2x + 1. Find the domain and range of the function.
2x−1
10. Given the rational function g(x) = x+3 , determine its domain and range
5
11. Find the domain and the co-domain of f (x) = 8 − 4x+1 and if possible the inverse.
12. Find the minimum or maximum value, the vertex, the x-intercepts, and the y-intercept of the following functions

(a)f (x) = 3x2 − 2x + 1 (b)f (x) = −3x2 + 2x − 1

x
13. Determine whether the function h : x → x2 −1 , x < 0, x 6= −1, is one-to-one and find the inverse function if it exists.

14. Find the value of a if the function a(x2 + 2x − 8) has a minimum value of -27
15. Find the greatest value of −2x2 + 4x + 3 = 0
16. Functions h1 , h2 are defined by h1 : x → log2 x, and h2 : x → x1 . Find h1 (h2 (x)) + h1 (x).
17. Find the inverse of the function defined by h : x → x2x−1
√
18. The domain of g(x) = x is (A) [0, ∞) (B) (−∞, ∞) (C) [0, 1] (D) (0, 1]
19. The vertex of g(x) = 5x2 + 6x − 8 is (A) (− 35 , − 49 49 3 3 49 49 3
5 ) (B) ( 5 , 5 ) (C) ( 5 , − 5 ) (D) (− 5 , − 5 )

20. Write the quadratic function f (x) = 3x2 −7x−1 in completed square form (A) 3(x− 76 )2 + 61 7 2 85 7 2 61
12 (B) 3(x− 6 ) + 36 (C) 3(x− 6 ) − 12
7 2 85
(D) 3(x − 6 ) − 36
21. The function f and g defined by f (x) = x3 − 2x − 5x + 6 and g(x) = x − 1. Find f ◦ g(x) (A) x3 − 2x2 − 5x + 5 (B) x3 − 2x2 − 5x + 7
(C) x3 − 5x2 − 2x + 8 (D) x3 − 5x2 − 2x + 7
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22. The function f is defined by f : x → 2−x , where x 6= 2. Find the inverse function f −1 and state its domain (A) 2 − x, x ∈ R (B)
x x−1 2x−1
2x−4 , 0 < x < ∞ (C) 2x , x ∈ R, x 6= 0 (D) x , x ∈ R, x 6= 0
Use for the next two Questions
Functions f and g are defined by f : x → loga x, (x ∈ R+ , a > 1); g : x → x1 , (x ∈ R+ )
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23. State the range of g? (A) 0 ≤ x < ∞ (B) −1 ≤ x ≤ 1 (C) 0 < x ≤ 1 (D) 0 ≤ x ≤ 2

24. Find f ◦ g(x) + f (x)? (A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 10 (D) cannot be determined
25. The function f is defined by f = 2x3 − x2 − 18 + 9. If also f (x) ≡ (x − 3)(ax2 + bx + c), find the values of a,b and c (A) 7, 3, −3
(B) 3, 21 , −3 (C) −3, 1, 2 (D) 2, 5, −3

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