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    THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG

    DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

    MATH1013 University Mathematics II


    Tutorial 1

    In this tutorial, we only work in the world of real numbers.

    1. Let f (x) = x2 − 2x + 6.

    (a) Find the largest possible domain of f and the corresponding range of f .
    (b) Find the largest possible interval I containing 0 such that f has an inverse if we restrict
    its domain to be I.
    (c) Find the inverse function of f in part (b).

    2. For each of the following, give a function satisfying all the conditions and plot its graph.

    (a) a monotonic increasing function which is not injective


    (b) an injective function with domain R and range (−∞, −2] ∪ (1, ∞)
    (c) a surjective and periodic function with domain R

    3. Solve each of the following trigonometric equations.

    (a) cos2 x = 3 sin2 x


    (b) 2 cos2 x + 5 sin x = −1
    (c) sin 4x = 4 sin2 x sin 2x

    x+y
    4. (a) Show that tan−1 x + tan−1 y = tan−1 + nπ for any x, y ∈ R, where n = −1, 0, 1.
    1 − xy
    (b) As shown in the figure, there are 3 identical squares. Using part (a) or otherwise, find
    α + β + γ.

    γ β α

    5. (a) Show that cos 3θ = 4 cos3 θ − 3 cos θ for any θ ∈ R.


    (b) Hence or otherwise, solve the equation 8x3 − 6x − 1 = 0. (Express the roots in terms of the
    trigonometric functions.)

    1
    Additional problems:
    6. For each of the following, find the largest possible domain of the function and find the corre-
    sponding range.
    √
    (a) f (x) = x2 − 1
    x2 − 4x
    (b) g(x) = 2
    x − 3x − 4
    ∣x∣
    (c) h(x) =
    √+ 1
    x
    (d) j(x) = sin x − 1

    7. For each of the following functions (with codomain R and the largest possible domain), de-
    termine whether it is injective, surjective, monotonic increasing, monotonic decreasing, odd,
    even and periodic.
    2
    (a) f (x) = 3x −1
    (b) g(x) = − ∣sin x + tan x∣
    1
    (c) h(x) = ln
    x+1

    8. The graph of a function f is shown in the figure below.


    y

    1
    x
    −1

    −1

    (a) Find the domain and the range of f .


    (b) Determine the intervals for which f is monotonic increasing and monotonic decreasing.
    (c) Is f an odd function? Is it an even function?

    9. As shown in the figure, find cos θ, sin θ, cos 2θ and sin 2θ.
    y

    θ
    x

    (−5, −12)

    2
    10. Prove the following identities.
    1
    (a) sin x cos y = [sin (x + y) + sin (x − y)]
    2
    1
    (b) cos x cos y = [cos (x + y) + cos (x − y)]
    2
    1
    (c) sin x sin y = − [cos (x + y) − cos (x − y)]
    2
    x+y x−y
    (d) sin x + sin y = 2 sin cos
    2 2
    x+y x−y
    (e) cos x + cos y = 2 cos cos
    2 2

    11. (a) Find sin (tan−1 4).


    (b) Simplify sin (tan−1 x) where x is a real number.

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