MATH 101 - PRE-CALCULUS, 2023/2024 SESSION

Worksheet 4

1. Write f (x) = x + |x| as a piecewise defined function.

2. Sketch the following functions.

(a)
(
1, if − ∞ < x < 0
f (x) = 2
x + 1, if 0 ≤ x ≤ 1.

(b)

−x + 5, if − 1 ≤ x ≤ 1

f (x) = x2 + 6, if 1 < x ≤ 2

5x + 1, if 2 < x < 4.


3. Find an expression for the composite function (f og)(x) and state its domain and range
√
(a) f (x) = x, x ≥ 0; g(x) = 3x2 , x ∈ R.
√
(b) f (x) = x, x ≥ 0; g(x) = 1 − x2 , x ∈ R.
√
(c) f (x) = 1 − x2 , |x| ≤ 1; g(x) = sin x, x ∈ R.

4. Find two functions f and g such that f og(x) = h(x) where

√
(a) h(x) = 1 + x2 . (b) h(x) = cos(1 + x).
(c) h(x) = 1 + tan(x2 ).

5. Classify each of the following functions as injective (1-1), surjective (onto), bijective (1-1
correspondence) or neither.

(a) f : R → R, Cf (x) = 5 − 2x (b) g : R → R, g(x) = 1 − 2x2 .

x
(c) h : R − {1} → R − {−1}, h(x) = (d) f : R → (0, ∞), f (x) = 2x .
1−x
(e) g : (0, ∞) → R, g(x) = ln x.

6. Verify if the function in each of the following is invertible. If it is invertible, find the formula
for its inverse function.

(a) f : R → R, f (x) = 5 − 2x (b) g : R → R, g(x) = x2 + 1.

   
1 2 2x
(c) h : R − − →R− , h(x) = (d) f : R → R, f (x) = x3 + 1.
3 3 3x + 1
x
(e) f : R → (0, ∞), f (x) = 2 . (f) g : (0, ∞) → R, g(x) = log5 x.

7. Use the injectivity property of the exponential and logarithmic functions to find the solution
set for each of the following
2 1
(a) 2x +1 ≤ x . (b) 35x−1 ≤ 32−3x .
4
 3x−1
1 1
(c) ≤ x+2 . (d) log(x2 + 1) ≤ log(x2 − x).
5 25

1
 2 +1 1
(e) 2x = . (f) log5 (x2 + 1) ≤ 1.
4x
8. Use the definition to decide whether each of the following functions are even or odd or
neither
x2
(a) f (x) = 1 − 5x2 . (b) g(x) = 5x + 2. (c) h(x) = 1−x2
.
(d) f (x) = x cos x. (e) f (x) = 3x sin( 12 x). (f) f (x) = cos(sin(3x)).
(g) f (x) = x3 cos x.

9. Use transformation of graphs of exponential and logarithmic functions to sketch the graph
of each of the following.
1
(a) f (x) = 21−x . (b) g(x) = 3 + .
3x+2
(c) f (x) = 1 − log3 (3x + 1) (d) g(x) = 2 + log 1 (3x + 1).
2

10. Use the conversion formula for units of angle measures in the following

(a) Convert each of the degree measures into the equivalent radian measure for
(i) θ = 30◦ (ii) θ = 215◦ (iii) θ = 730◦ (iv) θ = −15◦
(b) Convert each of the radian measures into the equivalent degree measure for
(i) θ = π5 rad (ii) θ = 7π 4
rad (iii) θ = 45.63 rad (iv) θ = − π3 rad

11. Find the values of the six trigonometric functions in each of the following, where the coor-
dinate of the given point P is on the terminal side of the angle θ
 
1
(a) P (x, y) = (3, −4). (b) P (x, y) = ,2 .
3
√
(c) P (x, y) = ( 2, −1) (d) P (x, y) = (0, 1).
3
12. (a) If sin θ = − , then find csc θ.
5
5
(b) If tan θ = 3 , and sin θ is negative, then find the values of the remaining trigonometric
functions of the angle θ.

13. Prove the following identities

(a) sin4 θ + cos4 θ = 1 − 2 sin2 θ cos2 θ.

2x sin x 2
(b) 1−cos


cos2 x
= cos x
.
(c) 2 cos2 x − 1 = cos4 x − sin4 x.

14. Use the sum and difference identities to find the exact value of

(a) sin 7π
12
. π
(b) cos 12 .
(c) sin −π
6
, (Hint: use −1
6
= 1
12
− 14 ).

15. Prove the following identities

1 sin 2x cos x−cos 2x sin x
(a) cos x
= sin x cos x
.
4 4
(b) cos 2x = cos x − sin x.