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Solution To Exercises For Lecture 1 Week 1

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Solution To Exercises For Lecture 1 Week 1

The document provides solutions to various mathematical exercises, including set operations, inequalities, and function domains. It details the results of intersections, unions, and differences of sets, as well as solving absolute value inequalities and determining the domains of several functions. Additionally, it includes compositions of functions and their properties.

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Solution to Exercises for AMA1110–For Lecture 1 (Week 1)

1. A ∩ B=[1, 3]; A ∪ B=(−2, 5) and A \ B=(−2, 1).

2. Solve the following inequalities:

(a) | − 5x + 3| < 3 =⇒ −3 < −5x + 3 < 3 =⇒ −3 < 5x − 3 < 3 =⇒ (0, 65 )


(b) |4 − 2x | ≥ 6 =⇒ |2x − 4| ≥ 6 =⇒ 2x − 4 ≥ 6 or 2x − 4 ≤ −6 =⇒ [5, ∞) ∪ (−∞, −1]
(c) | x2 + 5x − 1| ≤ 5 =⇒ −5 ≤ ( x2 + 5x − 1) ≤ 5 =⇒ x2 + 5x + 4 ≥ 0 and x2 + 5x − 6 ≤ 0
=⇒ ( x ≤ −4 or x ≥ −1) and −6 ≤ x ≤ 1 =⇒ [−6, −4] ∪ [−1, 1]
(d) | x2 + 7x + 8| > 2 =⇒ x2 + 7x + 8 > 2 or x2 + 7x + 8 < −2 =⇒ (x > −1 or x < −6) or
(−5 < x < −2) =⇒ { x : x > −1 or x < −6 or − 5 < x < −2}
(e)
− x3 + 3x2 < 2x =⇒ − x3 + 3x2 − 2x < 0
=⇒ x3 − 3x2 + 2x > 0
=⇒ x ( x2 − 3x + 2) > 0
=⇒ x ( x − 1)( x − 2) > 0 (three roots 0, 1, 2)
=⇒ x > 2 or 0 < x < 1
=⇒ { x : x > 2 or 0 < x < 1}
(f)

x3 − 3x2 − 4x + 12 ≥ 0 =⇒ ( x − 2)( x + 2)( x − 3) ≥ 0 (three roots -2, 2, 3)


=⇒ x ≥ 3 or − 2 ≤ x ≤ 2
=⇒ { x : x ≥ 3 or − 2 ≤ x ≤ 2}

3. The domain of the following function (the set of x such that the function is well defined):

(a) x2 − 3x − 4=( x − 4)( x + 1) ≥ 0. Then the domain is { x : x ≥ 4 or x ≤ −1}.


(b) ( x − 1)(2 − x ) ≥ 0 and x − 1.5 6= 0. Then the domain is { x : 1 ≤ x ≤ 2 and x 6= 1.5}.
(c) ( x + 3)(2 − x ) 6= 0. Therefore, the domain is { x : x 6= −3, 2}.
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(d) ( x + 3)( x − 1) 6= 0. Therefore, ( x + 3)( x − 1) > 0. Thus, the domain is { x : x <
−3 or x > 1}.
√ √
4. (a) For f ( x ) = x + 1 − x, we have x ≥ 0 and 1 − x ≥ 0. Therefore, the domain is [0, 1].
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(b) For r ( x ) = x2 − 3x + 2, we need to have x2 − 3x + 2 ≥ 0. That is ( x − 1)( x − 2) ≥ 0.
Solving it, we get x ≥ 2 or x ≤ 1. Hence the domain is [2, ∞) ∪ (−∞, 1].
(c) For g( x ) = x21−4 , we need to have x2 − 4 6= 0, that is x 6= ±2. Hence, the domain is
{ x : x 6= 2 and x 6= −2}.
f f (x)
5. (a) ( f g)( x )= f ( x ) × g( x )= 3x ( x2 − 4), 3
g ( x )= g ( x ) = x ( x 2 −4) , f ◦ g( x )= f ( g( x ))= x23−4 and g ◦
f ( x )=g( f ( x ))= x92 − 4.
f f (x) x
(b) ( f g)( x )= f ( x ) × g( x )=( x2 − 1) cos x, g ( x )= g( x) = xcos 2
2 −1 , f ◦ g ( x )= f ( g ( x ))=cos( x − 1) and

g ◦ f ( x )=g( f ( x ))=(cos x )2 − 1.
In both case, f ◦ g 6= g ◦ f .

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