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Introduction: Relations 2. Diagram shows the relation between set X and

set Y in the graph form.
Representation of Relations
Set Y
(I) Arrow diagram (II) Graph
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X Y Set Y
3
d
a c
c Set X
1 2 3 4
b d
Set X State
a b (a) the relation in the form of ordered pairs,
(III) Ordered pairs (b) the type of the relation.

 a, c  , b, d 
Types of Relations

One-to-one relation Many-to-one relation 1.1: Functions

f
A B

x f  x
One-to-many relation Many-to-many relation

f : x  f  x

Absolute Valued Functions

 f  x  , if f  x   0

1. The arrow diagram shows the relation between f  x  
set A and set B.  f  x  , if f  x   0

A B
f  x  k  f  x   k or f  x   k
1 a
b (where k is a constant)
2
c
3 d
1. Given that f : x  4 x  5 , find
(a) State the image of 2. (a) the image of 2,
(b) State the object of b. (b) the object of 11,
(c) State (c) the object which maps onto itself.
(i) the domain,
(ii) the codomain,
(iii) the range
of the relation.

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2. Given that f : x 
3
, x  k , find 6. Given that f  x   8  4 x ,
2x  4 (a) draw the graph of function f for the domain
(a) the value of k, 1  x  4 ,
(b) f  5 , (b) state the range of f  x  for the domain
(c) the value of x such that f  x   3 . 1  x  4 .

3. Given that h : x  ax  b , h  2   11 and

h 1  2 , find the values of a and b.

1.2: Composite Functions

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4. Given that f :x , x  k and gf
xk
1 f g
f  3  , find A B C
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(a) the value of k,
(b) the values of p such that f  p 2   f  3 p  .
x gf  x 
f  x

gf  x   g  f  x   and fg  x   f  g  x  
(in general, gf  fg )

f 2  x   ff  x   f  f  x  
5. Given the function f : x  2 x  6 , find
(a) f  2  , f 3  x   fff  x   ff  f  x  

(b) the values of x such that f  x   4 . f 3  x   f 2 f  x   f 2  f  x  

f 3  x   ff 2  x   f  f 2  x  

f n  x   f a f b  x  , where a  b  n
(a, b and n are positive integers)

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1. Given that p  x  
x3
and q  x   4  x , find 4. Given that p  x   2 x  5 and q  x   3x  2 . If
pq  x   mx  n , find the values of m and n.
2
(a) pq  x  , (b) qp  x  ,
(c) p 2  x  , (d) q 2  x  .

1 x
5. Given that f  x   , x  1 and g  x   ,
x 1 2
find
(a) fg  x  ,
(b) gf  x  ,
(c) the value of m such that fg  m   gf  2  .

2. Given that m  x   4  x and n  x   6  3x ,

find the value of
(a) mn  1 , (b) nm  7  ,
(c) m2 10  , (d) n2  2  .

6. Given that m  x   3x  6 and n  x   5  x ,

find
(a) the value of x such that mn  x   0 ,
(b) the value of x such that mn maps onto itself,
(c) the range of nm for the domain 2  x  4 .
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3. Given that f  x    , x  0 , find
x
(a) f  x  ,
2
(b) f 4  x  , (c) f 9  x  .

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7. Given that p  x   3x  5 and pq  x   6 x  3 , 1.3: Inverse Functions
find q  x  . f
A B

x f  x

f 1
x
8. Given that f  x   3x  1 and fg  x    7 ,
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y  f 1  x   f  y  x
find g  x  .
 f   x  f  x
1 1

ff 1  x   f 1 f  x   x

gf

f g
A B C
9. Given that g  x   x  8 and fg  x   3x  20 ,
find f  x  .
x gf  x 
f  x

f 1 g 1

f 1 g 1

 gf   x   f 1g 1  x 
1

 fg   x   g 1 f 1  x 
1

 f   x   f   x
2 1 1 2

10. Given that pq  x   x 2  10 x  10 and

1. Find f 1  x  for the following functions.
q  x   x  5 , find p  x  .
1
(a) f  x    7  5x 
2
1
(b) f  x   , x2
x2

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2. Find the value of the following. 5. Given that f  x   3x  2 and g  x   3  5x ,
x3
(a) h  x   , find h1  3 . find
(a) fg 1  x  ,
2
x4
(b) p  x   , x  3 , find p 1  2  .
x3  x 2
(b) the value of x such that fg 1    .
3 5

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3. Given that f  x  , x5 and
x5
g  x   4  2 x , find

(a) f 1 g 1  2  ,   1 .
2
(b) f 1

x p
6. Given that f  x  , x4 and
x4
qx  2
f 1  x   , x  1 , find
x 1
(a) the values of p and q,
(b) the value of x such that f 1  x   2 .

4  kx 4  5x
4. Given that f 1  x   and f  x   ,
5 6
find
(a) the value of k, (b) f 1  4  .

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1 Paper 1
7. Given that f 1  x   , x p and
x p
1. Diagram shows the relation between set X and
g  x   x  1, find set Y in the graph form.
(a) f  x  in terms of p, s
(b) the values of p such that r
Set Y q
ff 1  2 p 2  1  g 1  p   .
2
  p

2 4 6
State 2 Set X
(a) the objects of q,
(b) the codomain of the relation.

2. Given the functions g : x  2x  3 and

h : x  4 x , find
(a) hg  x  ,
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(b) the value of x if hg  x   g  x .
2

8. The arrow diagram shows that the function

f : y  3 y  h maps y onto x and the function
g : y  y 2  k maps y onto z.
3. Given the function g : x  3x  1 , find
f g
x y z (a) g  2  ,

8 (b) the value of p when g 1  p   11 .

6
4
Find
(a) the values of h and k,
(b) the function which maps x onto y. 4. Diagram shows the relation between set X and
set Y in the graph form.
Set Y
s
r
q
p
Set X
State 1 2 3 4
(a) the relation in the form of ordered pairs,
(b) the type of the relation,
(c) the range of the relation.

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5. Given the functions g : x  2x  1 and 10. Diagram shows the relation between set M
h : x  3x  6 , find and set N.
(a) g 1  x  , (b) hg 1  9  . 3
5 1
6 1
7 3
4
Set M Set N
6. Given the functions g : x  x 8 and State
(a) the object of 1 ,
x 2
h: x  , x  , find the value of (b) the range of the relation.
3x  2 3
hg 10  .
11. Given that f  x   3x  4 and fg  x   6 x  7 ,
find
(a) fg  4  , (b) g  x  .

7. It is given that the relation between set

X  0,1,4,9,16 and set Y  0,1,2,3,4,5,6 is
‘square of’.
(a) Find the image of 9.
12. Given that f : x  x  5 , find
(b) Express the relation in the form of ordered
pairs. (a) f  3 ,
(b) the value of k such that 2 f 1  k   f  3 .

8. It is given that the functions g  x   4 x  7 and

h  x   2 x . Find the value of gh  2  .

13. Diagram shows the relation between set P and

set Q in the graph form.
z
9. The inverse function h 1 is defined by y
2 Set Q x
h 1 : x  , x  3 . Find
3 x w
(a) h  x  ,
1 2 3 4
(b) the value of x such that h  x   5 . Set P
State
(a) the range of the relation,
(b) the type of the relation between set P and
set Q.

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14. Given the functions f : x  5x  6 and 18. Diagram shows the composite function gf that
g : x  2 x  1 , find gf  x  . maps x to z.
gf

x y z

State
(a) the function that maps x to y,
15. It is given that the function f  x   p  3x , (b) g 1  z  .
where p is a constant. Find the value of p such
that f  p   4 .

19. It is given the functions f  x   3x and

g  x   h  kx , where h and k are constants.
Express h in terms of k such that gf 1  4 .

16. Diagram shows the relation between set A and

set B in the arrow diagram.
1 4
Set B

20. Given the function f : x  3x  2 , find

Set A
2 1 2 (a) the value of x when f  x  maps onto itself,
(a) Represent the relation in the form of (b) the value of h such that f  2  h   4h .
ordered pairs.
(b) State the domain of the relation.

17. Diagram shows the function f : x  x  2m ,

where m is a constant.
f
x x  2m
21. Given the functions m : x  px  1 ,
4 8 h : x  3x  5 and mh  x   3 px  q . Express
p in terms of q.
Find the value of m.

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22. Given the functions g : x  3x  1 and 24. Given the function g : x  2 x  8 , find
fg : x  9 x2  6 x  4 , find (a) g 1  x  ,
(a) g 1  x  , (b) f  x  .  3p 
(b) the value of p such that g 2    30 .
 2 

Paper 2

1. In diagram, the function f maps set A to set B

and the function g maps set B to set C.
f g
A B C

x 3x  2 12 x  5

Find
(a) the function
(i) which maps set B to set A,
23. Diagram shows the graph of the function (ii) g  x  ,
f : x  1  2 x for the domain 2  x  4 . (b) the value of x such that fg  x   8x  1 .
f  x

7
 2,5

x
O 4
State
(a) the object of 7,
(b) the image of 3,
(c) the domain of 0  f  x   5 .

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2. It is given that f : x  2x  3 and 2. Given that f  x   4  2 x and g  x   ax 2  b ,
g : x  1  3x . where a and b are constants. If the composite
(a) Find function gf  x   12 x2  48x  54 , find the
(i) g  5  , values of a and b.
1
(ii) the value of m if f  m  2   g  5 ,
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(iii) gf  x  .
(b) Hence, sketch the graph of y  gf  x  for
1  x  3 . State the range of y.

1 x
3. Given that f  x   , x  1 , find
1 x
(a) f 2  x  , (b) f 4  x  , (c) f 14  x  .

Miscellaneous Exercise

1. Given that f  x   ax  b , where a  0 , and

f 2  x   4 x  3 , find
(a) the values of a and b,
(b) f 3  x  and f 4  x  .
Hence, deduce f 5  x  .

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4. The graph shows the absolute valued function a
6. Given that g  x   , x  2 , find the values
f  x   px  q for the domain 0  x  h . x2
of a such that g 2  1  2 g 1  1  3 .
f  x
6

x
O 2 h
Find
(a) the possible values of p and q,
(b) the value of h.

7. Given that g  x   x  3 and fg  x   4 x  7 ,

find the value of x such that f 1g 1  x   2 x  9 .
4 x  3
5. Given that f 1  x   , x  2 , find the
x2
values of x such that f  x   3x .

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Exercise 1.1
Exercise 1.2
Exercise 1.3