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H2 Mathematics (9758) JC1-2021

Year-End Examination Revision Package (Solutions)

Topic 3: Functions

1 f : x  x2  6 x  14, x

There exists a line y  k , k  5 that cuts the graph of y = f (x) more than once. Thus f is not a one-
one function and hence f -1 does not exist.

From GC:
Min pt of f (x) is (3, 5).
Hence maximum value of a for which f is one-one is 3

Let y  x 2  6x  14
2
  x  3  5
x  3  y  5
Since x  3
f 1  x   3  x  5 , x  5

2(i) fg( x)  f  x  2  2

2
1 1   x  2 1  x  2 1  x  2 
 2
1  2
 2
 x  2  x  2  x  2

 x  1 x  3 (shown)
2
 x  2
Dfg  Dg   2,  
(ii) fg( x )  0
 x  1 x  3
 2
0
 x  2
 x  1 x  3
2
0
 x  2
   

 3  x
3 1, x 22 1
Since Dfg   2,  
Taking intersection,  2  x  1

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3(i)
y
(0, 1)

(1, 0)
O x

(2, 1)
(ii)
Since any horizontal line cuts the graph of y  f  x  at most once, thus f is one-to-one, and thus its
inverse exists.
x 2 1
Let y  cos    x  cos  y 
 2  
2
Thus the rule is f 1  x   cos 1  x 

The domain of f is the range of f   1,1 .
1

(iii)

y  2, 3
25 
 2, 9 
3

(– 0.67254, 0.49198) y  g  x

0.5 O x
y  f  x

(2, 1)
From GC, the intersection between the graphs is at x = –0.67254.
Thus, from the sketch, the solution set is  x   : 2  x  0.673 or x  0 .
(iv)
Rf   1,1 and Dg   2, 2
Since Rf  Dg , thus gf exists.
2
   x  3
gf  x    2 cos    1 ,  2  x  0
  2  
y

(–2, 1) From graph,

Rgf   0, 2.0800838   0, 2.08
(to 3 s.f.)
x
(–2/3, 0) O 2
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x 1
4(i) Let y  . Then, xy  x  1
x
1  x  xy
1  x 1  y 
1
 x.
1 y
1
Therefore, f 1  x   . We also have Df 1  Rf   \ 0,1
1 x
(ii) Since Rf   \ 0,1   \ 0,1  Df , f 2 exists. Furthermore,
f 2  x   f f  x  
x 1
1
 x
x 1
x
1

x 1
1
  f 1  x 
1 x
(iii) From above,

f 2  x   f 1  x 
f  f 2  x    f  f 1  x  
f 3  x  x

(iv) We see that f 2014  g  x    1  e x

 
f 2013 f  g  x    1  e  x
f  g  x    1  e x
g  x   f 1 1  e  x 
1
g  x 
1  1  e  x 
g  x   ex .

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1 1 3
5(i)Let y  2
, x  , x   , x   . 3
4  (2 x  1) 2 2 x y
2
1 yx
4  (2 x  1)2 
y
1  1 1
(2 x  1)2  4   , 
y  2 4
y0
1 1 1 x
2x 1   4  O  , 
y y  f ( x) 4 2
1 1 3
Since x   , 2 x  1   4  y
2 y 2
1 1 1 y  f 1 ( x )
x  4
2 2 y
x0
1 1 1 1 
f : x 
1
4  , Df 1  Rf  (, 0)   ,  
2 2 x 4 
(ii) At the point of intersection,the graphs of y  f ( x ) and y  f 1 ( x ) meet along the line y = x,
Let f ( x )  x
1
 x
4  (2 x  1) 2
 1  4 x  x (4 x 2  4 x  1)
 4 x 3  4 x 2  3 x  1  0 (shown)
From GC, x  1.58
Thus coordinates of point of intersection is ( 1.58, 1.58)
(iii) g (x)  k  e x , x  , x  0
y
x
O
yk
y  g( x)
(0, k  1)
1 3
Rg  [k  1, k ) Df  (,  ) \ { }
2 2
1 3
For fg to exist, Rg  Df . i.e. [ k  1, k )  (,  ) \{ }
2 2

 Largest integer k  2

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fg  x   f (2  e x )
1

4  (3  2e x )2
1 1
R fg  ( ,  ]
5 21