Tutorial

PART A : DOMAIN AND RANGE

1. Find the domain and range of the relation. Also, determine whether the relation is a function.

a) Input Output b) Input Output

w 2 5
m
x 3 6
n
y 4
o
z

2. Find the domain and range of following functions:

a) f ( x)  x2 e) f ( x)   x  3

1
b) f ( x)  x 2  2 f) f ( x ) 
x

c) f ( x)  3  x 2 g) f ( x)  x

1
d) f ( x )  3  x  2 h) f ( x) 
x2

PART B : OPERATION ON FUNCTION

3. If f and g are functions, find f  g and f  g

a) f ( x)  2 x ; g ( x )  x  4 b) f ( x)  2  x 2 ; g ( x )  x 2

4. Given the functions f : {( 1,10), (3,5), (10,6)} ; g : {( 1,4), (3,0), (10,5)} , calculate

a) ( f  g )(10) c) ( f  g )(1)

b) ( f  g )(3) d) ( f  g )(10)

g
5. If g and h are functions, find gh and
h

a) g ( x)  x  2 ; h( x )  x  2

x2  4 15
b) Given f ( x)  and g ( x)  . Find fg
3 x2
 2x 2  5x  3 2x  1 f
c) Given f ( x )  and g ( x)  . Find .
x2 5 g

PART C : COMPOSITE FUNCTION

6. If f ( x)  x 2  2 x and g ( x )  x  1 , obtain the composite functions f ( g ( x )) and g ( f ( x )) .

2x  3
7. Show that f ( x )  may be expressed in the form f ( x )  g ( h(l ( x ))) where l ( x )  x  4 ,
x4
1
h( x )  and g ( x)  2  11x .
x

8. Given the function s f ( x)  2 x  1 , g ( x)  x 2 and h( x)  x  1 , find the composite functions

a) g  f b) f  h c) h  g  f

9. The functions f and g are defined by f ( x)  2 x  3 and g ( x)  x  1 . Find

a) the composite function f  g

b) the values of

  1 
i) f  g  2   ii) f  g   3  iii) f  g  
  2 

c) the composite function g  f

d) the values of

i) g  f   4   ii) g  f  5  iii) g  f  0  

e) the composite function f  f

10. The functions f and g are defined by f ( x)  2 x  1 and g ( x)  x 2 . Find

a) the value of f  g 1  and g  f 1 

b) the value of x if
i) f  g  x    3 ii) g  f  x    9

1 1
11) The function f , g and h are defined by f ( x )  1  x , g ( x )  1  and h( x)  . Show that
x x
g  f  h  g and h  g  f  g
12) The function f and the composite function f  g are defined as follows. Define the function g

a) f ( x )  2 x  5 , f  g  x    4 x  9

b) f ( x)  2 x  1 , f  g  x    6 x 2  1

PART D : INVERSE FUNCTION

13) Find the inverse of each of the following functions;

x
a) f ( x)  3x  2 e) g ( x ) 
x2

x 1
b) f ( x)   x  1 3 f) g ( x ) 
x 1

4 2x  3
c) f ( x )  g) g ( x ) 
x x 1

d) f ( x)  x 2  2 h) g ( x)   x  2  2  1

9x  3
14) The function g is given by g ( x)  . Find g 1 (7) .
x5

15) Given f ( x)  4  3 x . Find

a) f 2 ( x ) b)  f 
2 1
( x) c)  f 
1 2
( x)

d) Show that  f 
2 1

( x)  f   x
1 2

PART D : LINEAR AND QUADRATIC FUNCTION

16) Determine if the lines are parallel, perpendicular or neither

a) y  3 x  1  2 and y  3 x  4   1

b) y  2 x  3  1 and y  4 x  3  1
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c) y  3 x  1 and y   x  2
3

17) Find an equation of a line through the given point and a) parallel to and b) perpendicular to the
given line

y  2 x  1  2 at y   2,1

18) Find the equations of the line passing through (-4,8) and having the following characteristics

5
a) slope of
16

b) parallel to the line 5 x  3y  3

c) passing through the origin

d) parallel to the y-axis

e) perpendicular to the line 2 x  5y  4

19) Find the value of k such that line kx  3 y  10

a) is parallel to the line y  2 x  4

b) is perpendicular to the line y  2 x  4

c) is perpendicular to the line 2 x  3 y  6

20) A line and a parabola intersect at point A and C. Their equations are 5 x  4 y  48  0 and
y  0.25 x 2  7 x  41 . Line segment AC is the hypotenuse of right triangle ABC, with legs parallel to
the axes. What are the coordinates of point B?
21) The area of the rectangle is the polynomials 5 x 2  38 x  63 . The diagonal measures 52cm. Find the
perimeter.

PART E : POLYNOMIAL AND RATIONAL FUNCTION

22) Factorize the following

a) x 2  4 x  3 d) x 2  7 x  10

b) x 2  11x  26 e) x 2  2 x  15

c) x 2  10 x  24

23) Factorize the following quadratics using the ‘ACE’method

a) 3 x 2  16 x  5 c) 3 x 2  11x  20

b) 2 x 2  9 x  10 d) 10 x 2  19 x  6

24) Solve the following using the quadratic formula

a) 3 x 2  2 x  4 d) 3 x 2  5 x  4

b) 2 x 2  8 x  3 e) 5 x 2  2 x  2

c) 3 x 2  6 x  2
25) Factorize and then simplify the following algebraic expressions

6x 2  8 2 x 2  32
a) d)
2x x 2  6x  8

x 2  7 x  18 2x 2  x  6
b) e)
x 2  6 x  27 x2  x  6

3x 2  9 x
c)
18 x

26) Simplify the following by first finding a common denominator

6 2 2x 2  5x  3 x 2  4x
a)  2 g) 
x  5 x  6 x  8 x  15
2
x 2  2x 2x  1

x3 2 3 x  21 4 x  12
b)  h) 
x  6x  9 x  3
2
x  7 x  12 9 x  63
2

x 2  8 x  15 x  3 x 2  2x 2 x 2  5 x  12
c)  i) 
x 2  7 x  10 x  2 x 2  x  20 5 x  10

x2  9 x2 3 x 2  10 x  8 2 x 2  7 x  4
d)  j) 
2x  6 x  3 5 x  15 x 2 3 x

x 2x x 2  16 x 2  11x  28
e)  k) 
x 1 x  3 4 x 2  1 2 x 2 5 x  2

3x 2x  1
f) 
x  6x x  6
2

27) Expressed the rational function below in partial fraction form and solve it

6x  8 14 x 2  13 x
a) d)
x  3x  2
2
( 4 x  4 x  1)( x  1)
2

2x  5
b)
x  2x  1
2

x5
c)
 x  1 2 ( x  1)
28) Reduce the improper fraction to the proper fraction

3 x 3  2 x 2  19 x  7
a)
x2  x  6

3x 5  2 x 4  12 x 3  34 x 2  31x  20
b)
3x 2  4 x  5

4x 3  x 2  3
c)
x 2  6x

2 x 3  x 2  3x  2
d)
x3

x 4  4x 2  2x  1
e)
x4

3x 2  2 x  5
f)
x 1