FUNCTIONS – PRACTICE QUESTIONS
1.
f and g are functions.
f(x) = 2x + 5 g(x) = 6x2
(a) Find f(3)
(b) Find g(-1)
(c) Find f(5) – g(1)
𝑔(3)
(d) Find
𝑓(2)
2.
a and b are functions.
a(x) = 2x – 4 b(x) = 4x
(a) Find a(-1)
(b) Find b(2) × a(1)
(c) Find bb(1)
(d) Find ab(3)
3.
c and d are functions.
𝑥
c(x) = d(x) = x2 + 1
2
(a) Find c(4) + d(4)
(b) Find cd(3)
(c) Solve d(x) = 26
4.
e and f are functions.
e(x) = 3x f(x) = x + 1
(a) Find ef(x)
(b) Find fe(x)
(c) Find ef(2) + fe(5)
5.
g and h are functions.
g(x) = 2x – 3 h(x) = x + 5
(a) Find gh(x)
(b) Find hg(x)
(c) Find hh(x)
6.
i and j are functions.
i(x) = 3x + 10 j(x) = 2x – 5
(a) Find ij(x)
(b) Find ji(x)
(c) Solve ji(x) = 45.
7.
k and l are functions.
3𝑥−1
k(x) = 4x l(x) =
2
(a) Find lk(x)
(b) Find kl(x)
(c) Solve kk(x) = 64.
8.
m, n and o are functions.
𝑥
m(x) = 5x + 1 n(x) = o(x) = 2x – 9
3
(a) Find m-1(x)
(b) Find n-1(x)
(c) Find o-1(x)
9.
p, q and r are functions.
p(x) = 6x – 1 q(x) = 3x r(x) = x2 + 10
(a) Find p-1(x)
(b) Find q-1(x)
(c) Find r-1(x)
10.
t, u and v are functions.
𝑥+3 3𝑥−2
t(x) = u(x) = 3x3 v(x) =
2 5
(a) Find t-1(x)
(b) Find u-1(x)
(c) Find v-1(x)
11.
a, b and c are functions.
5𝑥
a(x) = 4x + 1 b(x) = 2x2 – 1 c(x) =
4
(a) Find c(12)
(b) Solve a(x) = 37
(c) Find ac(x)
(d) Find b-1(x)
12.
d, e and f are functions.
𝑥 2 +5
d(x) = e(x) = √𝑥 + 1 f(x) = 3x – 10
3
(a) Find fe(35)
(b) Find d-1(x)
(c) Find e-1(x)
13.
g, h and i are functions.
g(x) = 3x + 4 h(x) = x2 – 10 i(x) = 2x2 + 5x – 4
(a) Find hg(x). Express your answer in the form ax2 + bx + c.
(b) Solve i(x) = h(x)
14.
j and k are functions.
j(x) = √𝑥 + 4 k(x) = x2 + 6x + 9
(a) Show that k(x + 2) – k(x) = 4x + 16.
(b) Solve jk(x) = 10
15.
m, n and o are functions.
𝑥
m(x) = √2 n(x) = 5x2 – 48 o(x) = 18x6
(a) Solve m-1(x) = n(x)
(b) Show that mo(x) = 3x3
16.
p, q and r are functions.
𝑥
p(x) = q(x) = x2 + 2x – 3
𝑥+1
(a) Find p-1(x)
(b) Solve q(x + 2) = 0
17.
f and g are functions.
f(x) = ax2 + b g(x) = bx
Given that f(2) = 14 and g(4) = 8, show that gf(1) = 10.
18.
h and i are functions.
3𝑥+1
h(x) = √ i(x) = 4x2
4
(a) Find h-1(x)
(b) Solve ih(x) = 19
19.
j and k are functions.
j(x) = x2 + 1 k(x) = 2 + x
Solve jk(x) = kj(x).
20.
m and n are functions.
𝑎𝑥+1
m(x) = √𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏 n(x) =
3
Given that m-1(4) = 3 and n-1(3) = 2, find mn(2).