Practice Exercise 1.

Evaluation of Functions
I. Find: f ( x) , f  1x  , f ( m  n)
x
1. f ( x)  x 3  x 2. f ( x)  1  x 2 3. f ( x)  x 2  1

f ( x  h)  f ( x )
II. Find: f ( x  h) & ,h0
h
1
1. f ( x)  2 x 2  5 x 2. f ( x) 
x 1

Practice Exercise 1.2

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Operations on Functions

I. Define the following functions and determine their domain D:

a) f  g b) f  g c) f  g d) f / g e) g / f

1. f ( x )  x  2 , g ( x)  x 2  1 4. f ( x)  x  3 , g ( x)  x 2  9

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2. f ( x)  x , g ( x)  x 2  1 5. f ( x)  , g ( x)  x
x2

x2 1
3. f ( x)  , g ( x)  6. f ( x)  x , g ( x)  x  2
x2 x

Practice Exercise 1.3

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Composition of Functions
I. A) Given f & g :
Find: a) f  g b) g  h c) f  f d) g  g & find their domain D

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1. f ( x)  x  3 , g ( x)  x  5 2. f ( x)  , g ( x)  x
x

B) Find: a) f ( x 2 ) b)  f (x) 2 c) f  f  x   d) f  f   x  

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1. f ( x)  x 2. f ( x) 
1 x

C) Given f , g & h , find: a) f  g  h & find their domain D

f ( x)  3x , g ( x )  x  2 , h( x )  x 2

D) find f such that f  g  F given that:

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 1 x 1 x2
1. g ( x)  x 3 , F ( x)  cx 3  d 3. g ( x)  , F ( x) 
1 x2 1 x

2. g ( x)  2 x , F ( x)  3 sin 2 x

E) find g such that f  g  F given that:

1. f ( x)  x 3  1 , F ( x)   x 2  1  1 3. f ( x)  tan x , F ( x)  tan 1  x 
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2. f ( x)  cos x , F ( x)  cos 1 x 

II. Determine whether each of the following functions is even, odd or neither:( E,O,N)
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 y3  y x
1. ______ 6. x ______
y2 1

r 2 1 x3  2x
2. ______ 7. ______
r2 1 x5  x3

x
3. ______ 8. 3 x 5  2 x 3  x 2  x ______
x 1
2

x2  5
4. ______ 9. 3 x 5  4 x ______
2x3  x

y 1 t2 1
5. y  1 ______ 10. ______
t 2 1

Practice Exercise 1.4

Graph of Functions
Sketch the graph of each of the following functions and find the domain & range:
1. f ( x)  3  2 x 8. g ( x)  4  x 2

2. g ( x )  x 2  9 9. h( x )  2 x  3

3. h( x)  x 2  16 10. f ( x)  x  4

x2  4
4. f ( x)  5  x 11. g ( x) 
x2

x2  x  6  3x  2 , x  0
5. h( x)  12. f ( x)  
x2  x 1 , x0

 x2 , x  1 2 x , 0  x  1
 
6. G ( x)   3 , x  1 ` 13.  ( x)   2 x ,1  x  4
1  x 2 , x  1  3 , x4
 

7. g ( x )    x  4  14. F ( x)  2 x    x  

Practice Exercise 1.5

Functions as Mathematical Models

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1. Express the volume of a sphere as a function of the surface area.
2. Express the area of an equilateral triangle as a function of the length of a side.
3. Express the surface area of a cube as a function of the length of the diagonal of a face.
4. A right triangle is formed by the coordinate axes and a line through the point (2,5). (see the
figure). Express the area of the triangle as a function of the x-intercept.
y

(2,5)

(x,0)

 x
5. An open box having a square base is to have a volume of 4000 in 3 . (a) Find a mathematical
model expressing the total surface area of the box as a function of the length of a side of the
square base. (b) What is the domain of your function? (c) Prove that the function is continuous
on its domain.

6. A right triangle with hypotenuse c is revolved about one of its legs to form a cone. Given that x
is the length of the other leg, express the volume of the cone as a function of x.

x
7. A Norman window is a window in the shape of a rectangle surmounted by a semicircle. Given
that the perimeter of the window is 38.1 cm, express the area as a function of the width x.

x
8. A tank in the shape of an inverted cone is being filled with water.(see the figure). Express the
volume of the water in the tank as a function of the depth h.
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h