Tutorial 2
Instructions: No Calculators; Show all workings
1. In the following, determine whether y is a function of x, and explain why.
(a) 3x + 2y = 6 (b) y 2 − 4 = x (c) x2 y − x2 + y = 0
2. Suppose function f is even and function g is odd. Is the function
(a) f g, (b) f ◦ g, (c) g ◦ f, (d) f − g
even, odd, or neither? Explain.
3. Find the natural domain of each of the functions using both interval notation and set notation
where possible :
√ √
x2 − 4x 1 − x2 7 − x2 − 9
(a) f (x) = 2 (b) f (x) = 2 (c) f (x) = √
x − 3x − 4 2x − x − 1 25 − x2
r √ √
x2 − 1 x2 − 4 2+ x−3
(d) f (x) = 2
(e) f (x) = √ (f ) f (x) =
4−x 5 − 36 − x 2 x2 + 1
1 p 3x − 1
(g) f (x) = 1 (h) f (x) = 2 4 − x2 − 3 (i) f (x) = 2
1 + 1+ 1 2x +7
x
1 1 p p p
(j) f (x) = √ (k) f (x) = 2 + x2 − 4x + 3 (l)f (x) = x2 − 1 + 9 − x2
x+2−3 x − 25
s
p 1 x(1 − 2x)
(m) f (x) = 4x − x2 − 3 (n) f (x) = (o) f (x) =
1 − 1+ 2 1 (x − 2)2 (x + 3)
1−x
4. Find the natural domain of f ◦ g, g ◦ f, f ◦ f, g ◦ g, if
1 x+1
(a) f (x) = x + , g(x) =
x x+2
x
(b) , g(x) = cos 2x
1+x
5. Find f ◦ g ◦ h if
f (x) = x − 3, g(x) = cos 2x, h(x) = x2
√
6. Let f
(x) = x + 5 ; g(x)
= x ; h(x) = x2
Find g ◦ (h − (g ◦ f )) (4)
7. Let f (x) = x3 − 5x2 + x − 7.
Find a function g such that (f ◦ g)(x) = 27x3 + 90x2 + 78x − 2.
8. Let g(x) = 2x − 1.
Find a function f such that (f ◦ g)(x) = 8x3 − 28x2 + 28x − 14.
9. Express the following functions in piecewise form and sketch the graphs
(a) f (x) = |x2 − 1|
(b) g(x) = −|1 − 2x| + 2|x + 2|
10. Evaluate
(a) |x − 3| + |x + 2| < 11 (b) |2x − 1| − |x + 5| = 3
(c) |x − 1| − |x − 3| ≥ 5
√
11. Find f (0), f (2), f (−2), f (3), f ( 2), and f (3t) if
(
1
x, if x > 3,
f (x) =
2x if x ≤ 3.
12. Find g(3), g(−1), g(π) and g(t2 − 1) if
( √
x + 1, if x ≥ 1,
g(x) =
3 if x < 1.
13. (i) Explain why the function f has one or more holes in its graph, and state the x-values at which
those holes occur.
(ii) Find a function g whose graph is identical to f , but without the holes if,
(x + 2)(x2 − 1) x2 + |x|
(a) f (x) = (b) f (x) =
(x + 2)(x − 1) |x|
14. Express the equation
y = x + |x|
in piecewise form and sketch the graph of y = f (x).
15. Sketch the graph of
(a) f (x) = | cos(x)| (b) f (x) = cos(x) + | cos(x)|
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