1. Algebraically determine the domain and range of the following functions.

1. d(y) = y + 3
2. g(k) = 2k2 + 4k – 6
3. h(x) = log (x - 6)
4. b(n) = 2n  8
5. m(t )  9  3t
x5
6. u( x ) 
2x  4
1
7. a ( r )  r 
r 1
8. e( x )  1.35(3.66) x
2
9. y ( c )  2
c  3c
w4
10. q( w)  2
w 1
x
11. f ( x ) 
x3
1
12. h( r )  e r
13. t (v )  v 2  2v  8
t
14. n(t ) 
1 t
1
15. x ( y )  y 4  2 y  y 
y
Solution
1. R, since the function is a polynomial (line).
2. R, since the function is a polynomial (parabola).
3. {x | x > 6}
4. {n | n  4}
5. {t | t  3}
6. {x | R except x = -2} or {x | R\{-2}}
7. {r | R except r = 1} or {r | R\{1}}
8. R, since this is an exponential function.
9. {c | R except c = 0 or c = -3} or {c | R\{0,-3}}
10. R. The denominator cannot be solved for zero. No value of w causes
the denominator to equal zero.
11. {x | x > -3}. In this case, the radical cannot contain negatives, while
the denominator cannot contain zero (a zero under the radical is
acceptable, but it makes the bottom zero, which is not acceptable).
12. {r | R except r = 0}. The expression 1/r in the exponent means that r
cannot be zero.

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 13. {v | v  -4 or v  2}. The expression under the radical is a quadratic: it
needs to be set greater than or equal to zero. Factor it and plot the
points -4 and 2 (this is where the expression = 0, which is okay). Then
test a point from each of the three regions to see if the result is greater
than zero.
14. {t | t < -1 or t  0}. Set the expression 1tt  0 . Do NOT cross
multiply!!!! Determine where the top = 0 (top = 0 at t = 0) and where
bottom = 0 (bottom = 0 at t = -1). Plot these on a number line and test
a point in each region to determine when the expression is 0 or greater.
Notice that it's okay for t = 0 but not okay for t = -1. Why?
15. {y | y > 0}. For the first two terms, all y is acceptable. For the third
term that has the radical, y  0. But in the fourth term, y  0, so we
have to exclude the 0. The only set of numbers for which all four
terms are defined is y > 0.

2. Find the domain and range of the following functions.

Function Domain Range

f ( x)  2 x (−∞, ∞) (−∞, ∞)
f ( x)  x 2  1 (−∞, ∞) [1, ∞)
1 (−∞, −1) ⋃ (−1, ∞) (−∞, 0) ⋃ (0, ∞)
f ( x) 
x 1
2 (−∞, 100) ⋃ (100, ∞) (−∞, 1) ⋃ (1, ∞)
f (x )  1
100  x
1 (−∞, −1) ⋃ (−1, 0) ⋃ (0, ∞) (−∞, 0) ⋃ (0, ∞)
f ( x)   2
x x
1 {x| x ∈ R, x≠−3, 0, 2} (−∞, −2) ⋃ (−2, ∞)
f ( x)  3 2
x  x2  6x
1 (−∞, ∞) (−∞, 0) ⋃ (0, ∞)
f ( x)  2
x 1
f ( x)  x 2 (−∞, ∞) [0, ∞)
f ( x)  ( x )2 [0, ∞) [0, ∞)
f ( x)  x  1 [−1, ∞) [0, ∞)
f ( x)  x  1  5 [1, ∞) [5, ∞)
f ( x)   x  1  5 [1, ∞) (−∞, 5]
f ( x)   x (−∞, 0] [0, ∞)
1 (−1, ∞) (0, ∞)
f ( x) 
x 1
f ( x)  3  6 2 x  6 [3, ∞) [0, ∞)
f ( x)  4  3  x  1 (−∞, ∞) (−∞, ∞)

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 f ( x)  4  4  x  1 (−∞, 0] (−∞, 1]

3. Find the algebraic inverse.

1. f ( x)  15x  1 f 1
x   x  1
15
y  15x  1
x  15 y  1
x  1  15 y
x 1
y
15
2.
1
f ( x)  x  7 f 1
x   3x  21
3
1
y  x7
3
1
x  y7
3
1
x7  y
3
3 x  21  y
x  11
3. f x   5x  11 f 1
x  
5
y  5 x  11
x  5 y  11
x  11  5 y
x  11
y
5
f  x    x  2 f 1 x   x  2
2
4.
y  x  2
2

x   y  2
2

x  y  2 2
x  y2
x 2 y

5. f x   x  4 f 1
x   x 2  4
y  x4
x y4
x 2   2
y4
x2  y  4
x2  4  y

6. f x   x 3  1 f 1
x   3 x -1

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 x 2 3x  2
7. f x   f 1
x  
x 3 x 1

4. If and , find (f o g) (x) and (g o f ) (x).

Solution

(f o g) (x) = f (g (x)) = f ( =

(g o f ) (x) = g (f (x)) = g ( =

Note that (f o g) (x) ≠ (g o f) (x)

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5. If f ( x)  3 x  2 , g ( x)  2x  5 , h( x)  3x 2  5 x  4 , j ( x)  , k ( x)  2
x2 x 1
3 5x 1
m( x)  , and n( x)  , find the following functions:
x x 1

Find Solution Find Solution Domain

f g (1) 3 7 2 h f ( x) 27 x  21x  6
2
 ,  
m h(2) 1 f g ( x) 3 2x  5  2  5 
2   2 ,  
m m(5) 5 j n( x ) 3x  3  3 3 
7x  3  ,    ,1  1,  
 7 7 
k f (2) 1 k g f ( x) 1  3 
65 6 x  10   2 ,  
n m(0) undefined n f ( x) 15 x  9  1  1 
3x  1  ,      ,  
 3  3 
m n(0) 3 f m( x  3) 3  2x  ,3  3,  
x3
f j (5) 23 k f (a ) 1  ,  
7 9a  12a  5
2

f m k (2) 47 f h( x  2) 9 x 2  21x  20  ,  

g n(2) n g ( x) 5 x  12  2 2 x  5  5 
  2 , 2    2,  
23
x2
f m h(1) 13 j m f ( x) 9x  6  7  7 2  2 
 ,      ,      ,  
2 6x  7  6  6 3  3 

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