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This document contains past exam questions related to functions. It includes questions testing skills such as finding inverse functions, composition of functions, solving equations involving functions, determining domains and ranges, and sketching graphs of functions. The questions cover a range of topics and difficulty levels involving defining, evaluating, composing, inverting and graphing various functions.

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C3 Chapter2 FunctionsQuestions

This document contains past exam questions related to functions. It includes questions testing skills such as finding inverse functions, composition of functions, solving equations involving functions, determining domains and ranges, and sketching graphs of functions. The questions cover a range of topics and difficulty levels involving defining, evaluating, composing, inverting and graphing various functions.

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C3 – Chapter 2 – Functions Exam Questions

[June 2013] 7. The function f has domain –2 ≤ x ≤ 6 and is linear from (–2, 10) to (2, 0) and
from (2, 0) to (6, 4). A sketch of the graph of y = f(x) is shown in Figure 1.

(a) Write down the range of f.


(1)
(b) Find ff(0).
(2)

The function g is defined by

4  3x
g: x , x  ℝ, x ≠ 5.
5 x

(c) Find g–1(x).


(3)
(d) Solve the equation gf(x) = 16.
(5)

[June 2013 (R)] 4. The functions f and g are defined by

f: x 2 x 3, x

g: x 3  4x , x

(a) State the range of f. (2)


(b) Find fg(1). (2)
(c) Find g–1, the inverse function of g. (2)
(d) Solve the equation

gg(x) + [g(x)]2 = 0
(5)
[June 2012] 6. The functions f and g are defined by

f: x  ex + 2, x  ℝ,

g : x  ln x, x > 0.

(a) State the range of f.


(1)
(b) Find fg(x), giving your answer in its simplest form.
(2)
(c) Find the exact value of x for which f(2x + 3) = 6.
(4)
(d) Find f −1, the inverse function of f, stating its domain.
(3)
(e) On the same axes sketch the curves with equation y = f(x) and y = f−1(x), giving the
coordinates of all the points where the curves cross the axes.
(4)

[Jan 2012] 7. The function f is defined by

3( x  1) 1 1
f:x  – , x ℝ, x > .
2x  7x  4 x  4
2
2

1
(a) Show that f(x) = .
2x  1
(4)
(b) Find f −1(x).
(3)
(c) Find the domain of f −1.
(1)

g(x) = ln (x + 1).

1
(d) Find the solution of fg(x) = , giving your answer in terms of e.
7
(4)
[June 2011] 4. The function f is defined by

f : x  4 − ln (x + 2), x  ℝ, x  –1.

(a) Find f −1(x).


(3)
(b) Find the domain of f −1.
(1)
The function g is defined by

x  ℝ.
2
g : x  e x − 2,

(c) Find fg(x), giving your answer in its simplest form. (3)
(d) Find the range of fg. (1)

[Jan 2011] 6. The function f is defined by


3  2x
f: x  , x  ℝ, x ≠ 5.
x5

(a) Find f−1(x). (3)

Figure 2
The function g has domain –1  x  8, and is linear from (–1, –9) to (2, 0) and from (2, 0) to
(8, 4). Figure 2 shows a sketch of the graph of y = g(x).

(b) Write down the range of g. (1)


(c) Find gg(2). (2)
(d) Find fg(8). (2)
(e) On separate diagrams, sketch the graph with equation

(i) y = g(x),
(ii) y = g−1(x).

Show on each sketch the coordinates of each point at which the graph meets or cuts the
axes. (4)
(f) State the domain of the inverse function g−1.
(1)
[June 2010] 4. The function f is defined by

f : x |→ |2x − 5|, x  ℝ.

(a) Sketch the graph with equation y = f(x), showing the coordinates of the points where the
graph cuts or meets the axes.
(2)
(b) Solve f(x) =15 + x.
(3)

The function g is defined by

g : x |→ x2 – 4x + 1, x  ℝ, 0 ≤ x ≤ 5.

(c) Find fg(2).


(2)
(d) Find the range of g.
(3)

[Jan 2010] 9. (i) Find the exact solutions to the equations

(a) ln (3x – 7) = 5,
(3)
(b) 3x e7x + 2 = 15.
(5)

(ii) The functions f and g are defined by

f (x) = e2x + 3, x ∈ ℝ,

g(x) = ln (x – 1), x ∈ ℝ, x > 1.

(a) Find f –1 and state its domain.


(4)
(b) Find fg and state its range.
(3)
ANSWERS
[June 2013] 7.

[June 2013 (R)] 4.


[June 2012] 6.
[Jan 2012] 7.

[June 2011] 4.
[Jan 2011] 6.

[June 2010] 4.
[Jan 2010] 9.

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