Composition of functions

1. Let and be two bijective functions where and

respectively. Then find the number of elements in g(f(x)) Ans:2

2. and find f(x) +g(x), f(x).g(x), f0g(x) , gof(x)

3. and find gof(x)

4. If and find fog(x) and gof(x)

5. Which of the following is / are correct ?
(a) If f is one to one mapping from set A to A , then f is onto
(b) If f is onto mapping from set A to A , then f is one to one
(c) Let f and g be two functions defined from R to R such that gof is injective , then f must be
injective
(d) If A contains 5 elements and B contains 4 elements then number of onto functions from A to
B is 240
Ans C, D
6. Let and be two functions and is defined . Then which of the
following is / are correct
(a) If gof is onto then f must be onto
(b) If f is one-one and g is onto then gof must be onto function
(c) If gof is one-one then g is not necessarily one-one
(d) If f is injective and g is surjective then gof must be bijective function .
Ans A,B,D
7. Functions f(x) and g(x) are defined in [a , b] such that f(x) is monotonically increasing while g(x) is
monotonically decreasing . It is given that the range of f(x) as well as g(x) are subsets of [a , b] .
Find the range and domain of h(x) = fog(x) + gof(x) .
Ans domain of h(x) is [a,b] and range is [h(a),h(b)]

8. If and find

9. Let and find fog(x)

10. Let and find gof(x)

 11. If and Find

Some theorems regarding functional equations

1. Let and .Determine f(x)

Ans:
2. Determine all function such that

. Ans:

3. If . Then prove that

(i)

(ii) Find the value of

4. Determine all the function such that

and hence prove that

Ans:

5. The function satisfies the functional equation for all real

, then find the value of …. Ans: 4

Miscellaneous

1. If and . Show that

2. Let where .Then

prove that
3. A function f defined for all x and y , is such that and

where k is some constant . find f(x) and show that

for x + y 0. Ans

4. Consider a real valued function f(x) satisfying and

where . Prove that

5. If {x} and [x] denotes fractional part and integral part of x respectively then find the value of

. Ans: x

6. Let and for then find .

Ans :

7. Let be given by . If then show that

Find where denotes inverse of .

Ans :

8. Let n be a positive integer and define . Then find the polynomials

P(x) and Q(x) such that for all n in N

9. Consider the real valued function f satisfying Find f

Ans:

10. A non-zero function is symmetrical about y = x line then prove that

11. Determine such that

Ans:
12. If p and q are positive integers , f is a function defined for positive numbers and attends only

positive numbers such that , then prove that .

13. If and are two linear functions from[-1,1] onto [0,2] and defined by

, then show that

14. If is such that , and then prove that

for all x in [-1,1]

15. If then find the value of

16. If where [.] is gif and

{.} is fractional part function, then find the value of Ans:73

17. Consider a quadratic equation where a, b , c are reals . and

satisfying

(a) and

(b)
(c)the minimum value of f(x) is zero.
Then find f(x)

18. Consider one more function g(f(x)) = x and f(g(x)) = x

. Then find number of solution of the equation f(x) = g(x) Ans: 3
19. Let f be a function satisfying and

(i)
 (ii)

then find *A-ns: 1/4044

20. If , and

, n > 1 then prove that

21. Let be continuous functions , , ,

and solve for real x, if

Ans: -3/4

22. An even polynomial function satisfies the relation

and

then find the value of …. Ans: 7

23. A non-zero function is symmetrical about the line y = x then the value of ( constant )

such that Ans: 3

24. Let be a function such that then find .

Ans:

25. verify whether even or odd function.

Ans: even function
26. Let A = { 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 } and B = { 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 } are two sets . Let m be the number of one- to-

one function such that and n is the number of one-to-one

functions such that , then find the value of m+n … Ans: 94