TOPIC 5.

0 FUNCTIONS AND GRAPHS

LOW

L1. Which of the following graphs illustrate functions?


(a) (b)








(c) (d)










(e) (f)









L2. Find the domain and range for the following:
(a)
2
4 y x =
(b) 2 1 y x =
(c)
2
6
y
x
=

(d) 9 y x =
x
y
0
x
y
0
x
y
0
x
y
0 x
y
0
x
y
0
L3. If f and g are functions defined by
( ) 2
( ) 6
f x x
g x x
=
=

Find the domain of the functions
(a)
( ) f g x +
(b)
( ) f g x
(c) ( ) ( ) f x g x

L4. The function f , g and h are defined as follows:
f : x 2 x -1 , x >
1
2

g : x
2
, x xe
h : x ln x , x > 0

Find these composite function
(a) h f (d) ( ) h g f
(b) g f (e) ( ) g g f
(c) g h

L5. Find the inverse of each of the following functions. In each case, sketch the graph of the
function and its inverse.

(a) f(x) = 2
x

(b) f(x) = ln ( x + 1)
(c) f(x) = ln (1- x )

ANSWERS

LOW

L1. graphs (a), (b), (d),(e),(f)


L2. (a) domain xe , range
| ) 4,
(b) domain xe , range
| ) 0,
(c) domain
( ) ( ) , 6 6, , range
( ) ( ) , 0 0,
(c) domain
| ) 9, , range
| ) 0,

L3. (a) domain
{ } : 2 6 x x s s
(b) domain
| |
2, 6
(c) domain
| |
2, 6

L4. (a) ln(2 1) x (b)
2
(2 1) x
(c)
2
(ln ) x (d)
2
ln(2 1) x
(e)
4
(2 1) x


L5. (a)
ln
ln 2
x
, x >0

-4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5 6
-4
-3
-2
-1
1
2
3
4
5
6
x
y
(b) 1
x
e , x R e

(c) 1
x
e , x R e


-6 -4 -2 2 4 6
-4
-3
-2
-1
1
2
3
4
x
y
-6 -4 -2 2 4 6
-4
-3
-2
-1
1
2
3
4
x
y
TOPIC 5.0 FUNCTIONS AND GRAPHS

INTERMEDIATE


I1. If ( ) 2 1 f x x = + , find g(x) when given g[f(x)] = 2 2 x .

I2. The function f is defined for
a 8 5
by ( ) ,
4 5 4
x
x f x x
x
+
e = =

.
If f [f(x)] = x, find the value of a.

I3. The function g and the composite function g o f are defined as follows:
g : x ln x, x > 0 and g o f : x 2 ln(x + 1), x > -1
Determine the function f.

I4. Sketch the graph of each of the following functions and its inverse.
(a) f(x) = 2x - 1, x e R
(b) f(x) = (x 1)(x + 1), x > 0
(c) f(x) = x
2
+ 3x - 4, x > -
2
3

(d)
3
( ) 3 f x x = 3 x >

I5. The functions f and g are defined by

f : x 2(x + 3)
2
- 5, x s -3;
g : x
2
5 x +
, x > -5

(a) Show that f is a one-to-one function and find an expression for f
1
(x) and
g
1
(x)
(b) Find an expression for g[f(x)].

ANSWERS

INTERMEDIATE

I1. ( ) 3 g x x =
I2. a=5
I3. f(x) = (x + 1)
2


I4. (a)

(b)


(c)

(d)
-6 -4 -2 2 4 6
-4
-3
-2
-1
1
2
3
4
x
y
-2 -1 1 2 3
-2
-1
1
2
3
x
y
-5 5 10 15
-5
5
10
15
x
y



I5. (a) ( )
1
3 x 5 x 5
2
+ > ,

2
2x 5, [0, )

(b) x 3 + ( )




-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
1
2
3
x
y
TOPIC 5.0 FUNCTIONS AND GRAPHS

HIGH
H1. Given
x
if x 0
f (x)
x
0 if x 0

=
=

(a) Find f(-3) , f(0) , f(3)
(b) Sketch the graph of f(x)
(c) Find the domain and range of f(x)

H2. The function g is defined by
2
: 2 1 , g x x x x + e .
(a) Explain why g has no inverse.
(b) If the domain of g is , 0 x x e > , find
1
g

and state its domain.

H3. Given f(x) =
2
16 x
(a) Find the domain of f.
(b) Is the function f a one-to-one function? Give your reasons.
(c) If your answer in (b) is no, restrict the domain of f to make the function
of f as a one-to-one function.
(d) Find the f
-1
for this domain.

H4. Given f(x) =
3
ln
6
x
x
| |
|
+
\ .
and g(x) =
3(2e 1)
1 e
x
x
+

(a) Show that [ ( )] g f x x = .
(b) Explain the relationship between f(x) and g(x).
(c) Find the domain and range of f(x) and g(x).

H5. Given f(x) = ln (3x-2) and
2 e
( )
3
x
g x
+
=
(a) Prove that f(x) is a one-to-one function.
(b) Show that f(x) and g(x) are inverses to each other.
(c) Find the domain and range for f(x) and g(x).
(d) Sketch the graph of f(x) and g(x) on the same axes.

ANSWERS
HIGH
H1. (a) -1 , 0 , 1

(b) graph not given

(c) ( , ) ;{ x : x = -1,0,1 }

H2. (a) g is not one-to-one function
(b)
1
: 2 1 , 1 g x x domain x

+ >

H3. (a)
( | | ) , 4 4,
(b) f is not a one-to-one function because there are two values of x that map to
one value of f (x)
(c)
| ) ( |
4, , 4 or
(d)
2 2
16 16 x or x + +

H4. (b) f(x) and g(x) are inverses to each other
(c) Domain of f = Range of g = ( , 6) (3, )
Range of f = Domain of g = R \
{ } 0
H5. (c) Domain of f = Range of g =
2
( , )
3
, Range of f = Domain of g =R
(d)


-6 -4 -2 2 4 6
-4
-3
-2
-1
1
2
3
4
x
y