Tutorial

PART A : DOMAIN AND RANGE

1. Find the domain and range of the relation. Also, determine whether the relation is a function.

a) Input Output b) Input Output

w 2 5
m 3
x
n 4 6
y
o
z

2. Find the domain and range of following functions:

a) f ( x) = x+2 e) f ( x) = − x + 3

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b) f ( x) = x 2 + 2 f) f ( x) =
x

c) f ( x) = 3 − x 2 g) f ( x) = x

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d) f ( x) = 3 + x − 2 h) f ( x) =
x−2

PART B : OPERATION ON FUNCTION

3. If f and g are functions, find f + g and f − g

a) f ( x) = 2 x ; g ( x) = x + 4 b) f ( x) = 2 − x 2 ; g( x) = x 2

4. Given the functions f : {(−1,10), (3,5), (10,−6)}; g : {(−1,−4), (3,0), (10,−5)}, calculate

a) ( f + g )(10) c) ( f − g )(−1)

b) ( f + g )(3) d) ( f − g )(10)

g
5. If g and h are functions, find gh and
h

a) g ( x) = x + 2 ; h( x) = x − 2
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b) Given f ( x) = and g ( x) = . Find f g
3 x−2

2 x 2 + 5x − 3 2x − 1 f
c) Given f ( x) = and g ( x) = . Find .
x+2 5 g

PART C : COMPOSITE FUNCTION

6. If f ( x) = x 2 + 2x and g ( x) = x − 1 , obtain the composite functions f ( g ( x)) and g ( f ( x)) .

2x − 3
7. Show that f ( x) = may be expressed in the form f ( x) = g (h(l ( x))) where l ( x) = x + 4 ,
x+4
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h( x) = and g ( x) = 2 − 11x .
x

8. Given the function s f ( x) = 2 x − 1 , g( x) = x 2 and h( x) = x + 1 , find the composite functions

a) g  f b) f  h c) h  g  f

9. The functions f and g are defined by f ( x) = 2 x − 3 and g ( x) = x + 1 . Find

a) the composite function f  g

b) the values of

  1 
i) f g (2) ii) f g (− 3) iii) f  g  
  2 

c) the composite function g  f

d) the values of

i) g  f (− 4) ii) g  f (5) iii) g  f (0)

e) the composite function f  f

10. The functions f and g are defined by f ( x) = 2 x + 1 and g( x) = x 2 . Find

a) the value of f g (1) and g  f (1)

b) the value of x if
 i) f g (x ) = 3 ii) g  f (x ) = 9

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11) The function f , g and h are defined by f ( x) = 1 − x , g ( x) = 1 − and h( x) = . Show that
x x
g  f = h  g and h  g  f = g

12) The function f and the composite function f  g are defined as follows. Define the function g

a) f ( x) = 2 x + 5 , f g (x ) = 4 x − 9

b) f ( x) = 2 x + 1 , f g(x) = 6x 2 −1

PART D : INVERSE FUNCTION

13) Find the inverse of each of the following functions;

x
a) f ( x) = 3x − 2 e) g ( x) =
x+2

x −1
b) f ( x) = (x + 1) f) g ( x) =
3

x +1

4 2x + 3
c) f ( x) = g) g ( x) =
x x −1

d) f ( x) = x 2 + 2 h) g ( x) = (x + 2) + 1
2

9x − 3
14) The function g is given by g ( x) = . Find g −1 (7) .
x −5

15) Given f ( x) = 4 − 3x . Find

a) f 2 ( x) b) f( )2 −1
( x) ( ) ( x)
c) f −1 2

d) Show that f ( )
2 −1
( ) (x )
( x) = f −1
2
PART D : LINEAR AND QUADRATIC FUNCTION

16) Determine if the lines are parallel, perpendicular or neither

a) y = 3(x − 1) + 2 and y = 3(x + 4) − 1

b) y = 2(x − 3) + 1 and y = 4(x − 3) + 1

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c) y = 3x + 1 and y = − x + 2
3
17) Find an equation of a line through the given point and a) parallel to and b) perpendicular to the
given line

y = 2(x + 1) − 2 at y = (2,1)

18) Find the equations of the line passing through (-4,8) and having the following characteristics

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a) slope of
16

b) parallel to the line 5x − 3y = 3

c) passing through the origin

d) parallel to the y-axis

e) perpendicular to the line 2 x − 5y = 4

19) Find the value of k such that line kx − 3 y = 10

a) is parallel to the line y = 2 x + 4

b) is perpendicular to the line y = 2 x + 4

c) is perpendicular to the line 2 x + 3 y = 6

20) Factorize the following

a) x 2 + 4 x + 3 d) x 2 − 7 x + 10
b) x 2 + 11x − 26 e) x 2 + 2 x − 15

c) x 2 + 10x + 24

21) Factorize the following quadratics using the ‘ACE’method

a) 3x 2 + 16x + 5 c) 3x 2 − 11x − 20

b) 2 x 2 + 9 x + 10 d) 10x 2 + 19x + 6

22) Solve the following using the quadratic formula

a) 3x 2 + 2 x − 4 d) 3x 2 + 5 x − 4

b) 2 x 2 + 8 x + 3 e) 5 x 2 + 2 x − 2

c) 3x 2 + 6 x + 2

23) Factorize and then simplify the following algebraic expressions

6x 2 − 8 2x 2 − 32
a) d)
2x x 2 + 6x + 8

x 2 − 7 x − 18 2x 2 − x − 6
b) e)
x 2 − 6 x − 27 x2 + x − 6

3x 2 − 9 x
c)
18x

24) Simplify the following by first finding a common denominator

6 2 2 x 2 − 5x − 3 x 2 + 4 x
a) + 2 g) 
x + 5x + 6 x + 8x + 15
2
x 2 + 2x 2x + 1

x+3 2 3x + 21 4x − 12
b) − h) 
x + 6x + 9 x + 3
2
x − 7 x + 12 9x + 63
2

x 2 + 8x + 15 x + 3 x 2 + 2x 2 x 2 − 5x − 12
c) − i) 
x 2 + 7 x + 10 x + 2 x 2 + x − 20 5x + 10
 x2 − 9 x2 3x 2 − 10x − 8 2 x 2 − 7 x − 4
d) − j) 
2x + 6 x − 3 5x − 15 x 2 −3x

x 2x x 2 − 16 x 2 + 11x + 28
e) − k) 
x +1 x + 3 4 x 2 − 1 2 x 2 +5x + 2

3x 2x + 1
f) −
x + 6x x + 6
2

25) Expressed the rational function below in partial fraction form and solve it

6x + 8 14x 2 + 13x
a) d)
x + 3x + 2
2
(4 x 2 + 4 x + 1)(x − 1)

2x + 5
b)
x + 2x + 1
2

x−5
c)
(x + 1)2 ( x − 1)

26) Reduce the improper fraction to the proper fraction

3x 3 − 2 x 2 − 19x − 7
a)
x2 − x − 6

3x 5 + 2 x 4 − 12x 3 + 34x 2 − 31x + 20

4x 3 − x 2 + 3
c)
x 2 − 6x

2 x 3 − x 2 + 3x + 2
d)
x −3

x 4 − 4x 2 + 2x + 1
e)
x−4

3x 2 − 2 x − 5
f)
x +1