The document contains a tutorial with various mathematical problems related to functions, including determining if y is a function of x, analyzing even and odd functions, finding natural domains, and evaluating piecewise functions. It also includes tasks to find compositions of functions and to express equations in piecewise form. Additionally, there are problems involving the evaluation of functions at specific points and identifying characteristics of their graphs.
The document contains a tutorial with various mathematical problems related to functions, including determining if y is a function of x, analyzing even and odd functions, finding natural domains, and evaluating piecewise functions. It also includes tasks to find compositions of functions and to express equations in piecewise form. Additionally, there are problems involving the evaluation of functions at specific points and identifying characteristics of their graphs.
The document contains a tutorial with various mathematical problems related to functions, including determining if y is a function of x, analyzing even and odd functions, finding natural domains, and evaluating piecewise functions. It also includes tasks to find compositions of functions and to express equations in piecewise form. Additionally, there are problems involving the evaluation of functions at specific points and identifying characteristics of their graphs.
The document contains a tutorial with various mathematical problems related to functions, including determining if y is a function of x, analyzing even and odd functions, finding natural domains, and evaluating piecewise functions. It also includes tasks to find compositions of functions and to express equations in piecewise form. Additionally, there are problems involving the evaluation of functions at specific points and identifying characteristics of their graphs.
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
√ 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,
