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Diagnostic – Week 5 (AY 21-22)

Math

Grade 11
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1. Use the given functions 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 + 5 and 𝑔(𝑥) = 𝑥 ! + 3𝑥 − 10 to answer the following
questions:
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a. Determine the excluded value/s of -#. (𝑥).

𝑓 𝑥+5
/ 0 (𝑥) = !
𝑔 𝑥 + 3𝑥 − 10
Excluded values
𝑥 ! + 3𝑥 − 10 = 0
(𝑥 + 5)(𝑥 − 2) = 0
𝑥 = −5 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 = 2. Hence, the excluded values are {-5, 2}.


b. Find [𝑔 ∘ 𝑓](𝑥)
[𝑔 ∘ 𝑓](𝑥) = 𝑔8𝑓(𝑥)9 = (𝑥 + 5)! + 3(𝑥 + 5) − 10
= 𝑥 ! + 10𝑥 + 25 + 3𝑥 + 15 − 10 = 𝑥 ! + 13𝑥 + 30


2. Given 𝑓(𝑥) = 2𝑥 + 5. Find the equation of the inverse of 𝑓(𝑥).
𝑓(𝑥) = 2𝑥 + 5
𝑦 = 2𝑥 + 5
𝑥 = 2𝑦 + 5
𝑥 − 5 = 2𝑦
𝑥−5
= 𝑦
2
𝑥−5
𝑓 $% (𝑥) =
2


 3. Simplify √𝑥 & . Explain your answer.

<𝑥 & = |𝑥 ' |
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Since the power 3 is odd, 𝑥 may represent a negative number. Thus, we need to
ensure that the result is positive by including the absolute value operator.

4. Simplify the following

!
a. <64(2𝑦 + 1)%(

! !
<64(2𝑦 + 1)%( = <2& ((2𝑦 + 1)' )& = 2|(2𝑦 + 1)' |

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b. -𝑦 . $

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/𝑦 * 0 = (𝑦)*
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5. Given 𝑓(𝑥) = ! √𝑥 + 4 − 1. Determine the following:

a. Domain:
Values under radicand are nonnegative
𝑥 + 4 ≥ 0 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑦𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑥 ≥ −4
𝐷 = {𝑥|𝑥 ≥ −4}
b. Range:
Find 𝑓(−4) to determine the lower limit of the range
1
𝑓(−4) = √−4 + 4 − 1 = −1
2
𝑅 = {𝑓(𝑥)|𝑓(𝑥) ≥ −1}
c. Intercepts: 𝑥 = 0 , 𝑦 = 0
d. Increasing/Decreasing: Increasing
e. Graph: