Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

M1511 - Pre-Calculus Tutorial Four(Functions 1)

1. Find the solutions of the following inequalities:

x2 (x − 5)(x − 2)
(a) ≥0
(x + 4)
1
(b) 4x ≤
x
2
x + x − 20
(c) ≤0
x3 + x
x+2 x−1
(d) <
x+3 x−2
2. Find the sum of all the solutions to |x2 + 2x| = |4x + 3|.
f (x + h) − f (x)
3. Find and simplify f (x), f (a), f (a + h), f (x + h), and the quotient , where h ̸= 0
h
(a) f (x) = 5 − 2x (c) f (x) = 5 (e) f (x) = 3 − 5x + 4x2
x
(b) f (x) = 3x2 + 2 (d) f (x) = (f) f (x) = x3
x+1

4. Find the domain and range of

√
(a) f (x) = 5x2 + 4 (d) f (t) = t2 − 4
√
(b) p(x) = 7 − 3x
√
(c) r(t) = t2 + 7 (e) s(x) = 3x, −2 ≤ x ≤ 6

5. Find the domain of the following functions

1 √
(c) f (x) = x2 − 2x − 8 x2
(a) f (x) = (e) f (x) = √
3x − 6 6−x
√
x4 x x
(b) f (x) = 2 (d) f (x) = 2 (f) f (x) = √
4
x +x−6 2x + x − 1 9 − x2
 6. Evaluate the defined function at the indicated values

(a) k(x) = 2x3 − 3x2 0, 3, a2 , −x, x2 , x3

(
5 if x ≤ 2
(b) f (x) =
2x − 3 if x > 2
−3, 0, 2, 3, 5
t+2
(c) g(t) = , −2, 0, a, a2 − 2, a + 1
t−2
|x|
(d) f (x) = , −2, 5, x2 , x1
x

3x
 if x ≤ 0
(e) f (x) = x + 1 if 0 ≤ x ≤ 2 −5, 0, 1, 2, 5
 2
(x − 2) if x > 2


7. Suppose a > 0. Write y = |a − x2 | as a piecewise function.

8. Determine whether the function f is even, odd or neither

(a) f (x) = x3 (c) f (x) = 3x2 + 2x2 + 1 1

(d) f (x) = x +
(b) f (x) = x4 − 4x2 x

9. Show that if f and g are odd functions, then so is f + 2g.

10. Find the functions f ◦ g, g ◦ f , f ◦ f , g ◦ g and their domains

x 2 x
(a) f (x) = 6x − 5, g(x) = (e) f (x) = , g(x) =
2
√ x x+2
(b) f (x) = x2 + 2, g(x) = 3 x 1
√ (f) f (x) = √ , g(x) = x2 − 4x
(c) f (x) = x2 , g(x) = x − 3 x
(d) f (x) = x − 4, g(x) = |x + 4|
x
11. If k(x) = , find the expression for (k ◦ k ◦ k)(x).
1+x
12. Show that if f is an even function and g is an odd function, then f ◦ g is an even function.