Topic: Functions Batch: JEE Main & Advanced

Review Problems
Problems based on Modulus Functions
20. Solve the following inequalities for real values of x :
(i) x 1  2 (ii) x3  5
(iii) 0  x  1  3 (iv) x  1  2 x  3  3x  4
x 3
(v) 1
x4
21. Simplify and draw the graph.

(i) y  x2  2x  3 (ii) y  x 2  3x  2

x 1  x 1 x  2
(iii) y  x  1 (iv)  x  1, 2
x 1  x 1 x  2
(v) y  x 2  7 x  12
22. Find domain and range of
(i) f  x   x  x 1  x  1

(ii) Let f  x   x  1 &   x   x  2 then f  x     x   f  x     x  implies x......

23. Solve the equation x  1  x  3 x 1  2 x  2  x  2.

2  2 x 1 1  2 x 1  1.
x
24. Solve the equation

25. Solve the equation

x x2
(i) x 1  7  x  2 x  2  4 (ii) x
x 1 x 1
1 x x2  5x  4
(iii) 0 (iv) 1
2 x x2  4

Problems based on Greatest Integer Functions and Fractional Part Functions

26. Find x for which

(a)  x   5 (b)  x  4  0
  (c)  2 x  3  2009
 

1
(d) x 3 (e) x 5 (f) 3 2x 4
2
27. Solve :
(i)  
x  1  x   x   x   x (ii) 2  x  x  x

3x
(iii) + [x] = 5 (iv) x + [2x] = 0
2
(v) x + [2x] = 2 (vi) 2x + [3x] = 1

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28. Simplify : y
 x   x  x   x  x  0.6,2
 x    x  0.5 

29. Find the domain of definitions the functions.

2   x 
(i)  x   1  4   x  (ii)
3   x 

1
(iii) tan 1
(iv) 2x 4
x

1 1 1
(v) cos 2
(vi)
x 1 sin 1 x 1
30. If x and y satisfy the equation y  2  x   3 and y  3  x  2 simultaneously determine  x  y  .
31. Find the range of the following :
(i)  2 x 1 0  x  5 (ii)  x  0  x  26
  

(iii) sin x  x  0,   (iv)  x 2 

 
0 x2

32. Solve 2 x 1  3  x   2  x

33. Solve  2 x    x  1  2 x

34. Solve  7  x    1  x   6  0
   

35. If n  x  x   x  , n  N , n  1 has exactly five solutions, then find ‘n’ where [.] denotes the greatest integer function {.}
denotes fractional part.
2
If [x] and {x} denote the integer and fractional parts respectively of real number x, solve the equation  x   x  x  x 
2
36.

37. Solve the equation x3   x   3, where as usual, [x] denotes the integral part of the number x.
38. Solve following inequalities :
1
(i) [x 2] < 3 (ii) [ 2 x 1]
2
(iii) x + [2x] >1 (iv) x + [2x] 1

Problems based on Logarithm

 
1
Find the domain of definition of the function f  x   log 2 log 3 log 4 /  tan
1
42. x .

43. 
Find the domain of definition of the function f  x   log10 1  log10 x  5 x  16  2
 .
44. Find the range of the function f  x   log 2   x  4  6  x   .
45. Find the domains of definitions of the following functions :

(i) f  x   log10  log10 x   log10  4  log10 x   log10 3

(ii) f  x   log x 2

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Topic: Functions Batch: JEE Main & Advanced

Miscellaneous Problems:
71. Find the range of each of the following functions :

(i) f  x   x2  5x  6 (ii) f  x   sin 2 x

(iii) f  x   sin x  cos x (iv) f  x   1 x

72.  
The function f  x  is defined on the interval 0, 1 . Find the domain of definition of the function

(i) f  sin x  (ii) f  2 x  3 (iii) 

f  2 x  3  (iv) f  Inx 

(v) 
f x 1  (vi) f  cos x   
(vii) f  x  (viii)  
f  x 

73. Which of the following pairs of functions are identical?

(i) f  x   log x e; g  x  
1
loge x
(ii)  
f  x   sin cos1 x ; g  x   cos  sin 1 x 

(iii) f  x   sec2 x  tan 2 x; g  x   cosec2 x  cot 2 x (iv) f  x 

1
; g  x   x 2
x

74. Find the domain and range of f  g and f  g for each of the following functions :

(i) f  x   x, g  x   x  1 (ii) f  x   x  1, g  x   x  1
75. Find the domain of each of the following functions

(i) f  x   log0, 5 x (ii) f  x   log x 2

  1  
(iii) log 2   log 1 1  4  1
 x  
 2

76. Find the range of each of the following functions

(i) f  x   2  3sin x  4cos x (ii) f  x   4x  2x  1

2
(iii) 
f  x   log sin 1 x  (iv) f  x   3cos
9
 x2

sin x  cos x  3 2
  2
2
(v) f  x   tan 1 x  , (vi) f  x   log 2
1  x2 2
(vii) f  x   3sin x  4cos  x   / 3  5 (viii) f  x   a sin 2 x  b sin x cos x  c cos 2 x.

 x2  e   x2  e 
(ix) f  x   sin  In 2   cos  In 2 
x 1 x 1
  

5  2a  3
77. If 3sin  4cos  has a real solution for  then find the set of real values of a.
2  3a
 2x   1  x2 
78. If the functions : f  x   sin 1  2
and g  x   cos1  2
 are identical functions then compute their domain and
 1 x   1 x 
range.

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Topic: Functions Batch: JEE Main & Advanced

Answer Key
20. (i)  x   3, 1

(ii) x  3  5  x  2 or x  8  x   ,  2    8,  

(iii) 0  x  1  3   2  x  4, x  1  x   2, 1  1, 4

(iv) Since 3 x  4  x  1  2 x  3, 3 x  4  x  1  2 x  3

  x  1 2 x  3  0  x   , 1  3 / 2,   
x 3 x 3
(v)  1, x4 0  x4  1  1
x4 x4
 7
 x   ,
 2 

22. (i) R,  2,   (ii)  ,  1   2,  

23. 2   2,  
24. 1  1,  
25. (i)  (ii) 0  1,   (iii)  ,  2    1, 1   2,  
26. (a) x 5, 4

(b) x 4,5

(c) x 1003,1003.5

(d) 

9 11
(e) x ,
2 2

(f) x 3,3.5

 3
27. (i) x  1, 2  (ii) x  0, 
 2
 8  1
(iii) x   2,  (iv) x   0, 
 3  2
1 1 
(v)  (vi) x , 
3 2 
29. (i) 1, 5 (ii)  , 3   4,  

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(iii) R   0, 1 
(iv) x  2,  

(v) R 
(vi) x  1, sin1

30. 30
31. (i) 1, 0,......, 8 (ii) 0, 1,......, 5
(iii) 1, 0, 1 (iv) 0, 1,...... 4
1
32.
4
1
33.  , 1
2
34.  0, 1  2, 3, 4, 5, 6  7, 8 
35. 10, 11

5 1
36. 0,
2
1
37. 43
38. (i) x   ,1 (ii) x   , 0 

1 
(iii) x  1,   (iv) x , 
2 

  
41. (i) 12n  1 6 , 17 n  1 6  (ii) R

     
(iii)   2n  1 ,  3n  1    3n  1 ,  2n  1 
 2 3  3 2
42.  0, 1
43.  2, 3
1 
44.  2 , 1

45. (i) 103 , 104  (ii)  0, 1  1,  
71. (i)  0,   (ii) 0, 1 (iii)   2,
 2  (iv)  , 1
73. (i) Yes (ii) No (iii) No (iv) Yes

75. (i)  0, 1 (ii)  0,    1 (iii)  0, 1

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  3 
76. (i)  3, 7  (ii) 1,   (iii)  , log  (iv)  2 , 3
 2

(v)  2,   (vi) 1, 2 (vii) 5  25  12 3  y  5  25  12 3

(viii)
1
 2
 
1 2 
 2  a  c   b   c  a  , 2  a  c   b   c  a  
2 2

 3

(ix)  1, 2 4

 
 
78. Domain :  0, 1 ; Range : 0, 
 2

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