Mathematics I, midterm preparation problems

1. Find f g and g f if:

1 2x 1
a) f  x   x3 , g  x   x 2  1 b) f  x   , g  x 
x x2

2. Prove that f :  , f  x   x  5 is not 1-1.

7x  5
3. Prove that g :  , g  x  is 1-1.
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4. Prove that f :  , f  x   x 2 is not onto.

5. Prove that g :  , g  x   x5  3 is onto.

6. Prove that f :  , f  x   x7  1 is a bijection. Find f 1 .

7. Find the domain of the following functions:

x3 x
a) y  2 ; b) y  ; c) y  x 2  4 x  8 ;
x  2x  2 3x  5
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d) y   x 2  2 x  1 e) y  1  x  11 f) y  x 2  x  1
4x  7
1 x 1
g) y  0 x3 h) y   9  2x
2 x  1x  13x  2 x4
x3  1 x2
i) y  2 x  5  20  3x j) y  2 k) y 
x  6x  8 2 x 3
x2
l) y   x 2 m) y  n) y  log  3x  4 
e1/ x
p) y  log 16  x 2  
1
o) y  log x  1 .
1  sin x

8. For the quadratic functions

(a) y  x 2  2 x (b) y  8  2 x  x 2 (c) y   x 2  6 x
(d) y  2 x 2  18x (e) y  x 2  4 x  4 (f) y  3x 2  5x  1

(g) y  4 x 2  10 x  3 (h) y  5x 2  80
Find the vertex of the graph of the equation; Determine if the vertix is a maximum or
minimum point and find the coordinates of this point; Find the zeros, if any exist and sketch
the graph of the function.

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9. Sketch the graphs of the following functions:
(a) 3x  4 y  60 (b) y  x (c) y  2 x  1 (d) y  2e x
x 2
x x 3 1
(e) y  5  2 (f) y  4 (g) y  3  1 x
(h) y     5
3
sin x
(i) y  2log 4 x  3 (j) y  ln  x  2   1 (k) y  3cos x (l) y 
2
(m) y  cos 2 x (n) y  sin 3x (o) y  3sin 4 x (p) y  2cos3x .

10. Evaluate each logarithm by using properties of logarithms and the following facts.
log a x  2,2 log a y  1,5 log a z  3,25

 z2 
(a) log a  x y z 4 3 2
 (b) log a  5  (c) log a yx 3 z .
 xy 

11. Solve each equation, giving the answer correct to 3 decimal places
(a) 27 3 x  32,768 (b) 0,05 A  A  1,16  x (c) 10000  1500e 0, 2 x
250
(d) 78  200  200e 0,01x (e) 155  .
1  33e 0,3 x

12. Use properties of limits and algebraic methods to find the limits, if they exist.
4x 2  9 x 2  9 x  20
(a) lim (2 x 5  7 x 3  11x  1) (b) lim (c) lim
x 2 x 3 / 2 x  3 / 2 x 5 x 2  4x  5
x 2  8x  7 x 2  6x  9 x 2  5x  6
(d) lim (e) lim (f) lim
x 7 x2  7x x 3 x 2  4 x  3 x 2 x 2  4x  4

 7  4x for x  5
(g) lim f x  , where f x    2
x 5
3x  5 x  1 for x  5

 6 x  5 for x  4
(h) lim f x  , where f x   
x 4
 29 for x  4

3x 2  x  1 x2  x  2
(i) lim 2 (j) lim
x 4 x  5 x  4 x 3 x3

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13. Determine whether each function is continuous or discontinuous at the given x-value.
Examine the three conditions in the definition of continuity.
x2  5
(a) f x   , x  2
x3
x2  4
(b) f x   , x2
x5
x2  4
(c) f x   , x  2
x2
x 2  4x  3
(d) f x   , x  1
x 1
 x  5 if x  4
(e) f x    , x4
3x  7 if x  4

2 x 2  1 if x  3
(f) f x    , x  3.
6 x  1 if x  3

14. Determine whether the given function is continuous. If it is not, identify where it is
discontinuous and which condition fails to hold.
2x 2  7 x  1 4x 2  x  1
(a) f x   5x 2  4 x  1 (b) f x   (c) f x  
x3 x  3/ 4
3x  1 7 if x  2
(d) f x   (e) f x    2
x  4x  5  x  3 if x  2
2

x 3  8 if x  3
(f) f x    2
 x  5x  1 if x  3

15. Find the limit if it exists

4 1 2x 4  1 5x 2  2
(a) lim (b) lim (c) lim (d) lim
x  x  5 x  x  3 x  5
2 x  3 x 4  5 x  x 2  5

x 3  2x  1 4x 2  x  3 x3  5
(e) lim 3 (f) lim (g) lim 2 .
x  5 x  x  2 x  5x  1 x   x  3 x  2