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H2 Mathematics (9758) JC1-2022

Tutorial 4 Worked Solutions: Functions
4.
(i) f : x ( x  4)2 +1 for x  , x  4.
y

y = f(x)
1
x
O 4

(ii) f : x ( x  4)2 +1 for x  , x  4.

y   x  4  1
2

 x  4  y 1
2

x  4  y 1
Since x > 4, x  4  y  1
f 1  x   4  x  1 , x  1
Df -1 = R f  (1, ) and R f -1 = Df = (4, )

(iii)
y
y=x
Sketch the y = x line
y = f−1(x) whenever you are tasked to
sketch the inverse function.

4 y = f(x)

1
O 1 4 x

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(iv) The graphs of f and f 1 are reflections of each other in the line y  x .

Solving f  x   f 1  x  is equivalent to solving f  x   x .

 x  4 1  x
2

x 2  8 x  17  x
x 2  9 x  17  0
9  92  4 17  9  13
x 
2 2
9  13
Since x > 4, x 
2

Remarks
- Draw graphs of f and f –1 with same scale on the x- and y- axes. The line y = x
should make an angle of 45o with both axes.
- A common error that lost mark was to show the graph of y = f –1 as curving too
much, so that as x increased its gradient became negative.
- Understand the significance of the word “exact”.

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6.
(i) y
y
y = g(x) y = f(x)

x x
O −1/3
x=3
Rg = [0, ∞)
Df = \ 3
 Df (because 3  R g but 3  Df ),
Since R g 
 fg does not exist.

Rf = \ 0
Dg =
Since R f  Dg , gf exists.

2 y x=3
 1   1 
gf ( x)  g   
 x 3  x 3
2
y = gf(x)
 1 
 gf : x   , x , x  3
 x 3 x
[Recall that Dgf = Df ]

From the graph, R gf  (0, ) .

1
(ii) Let y 
x 3
1
 x 3 
y
1
 x  3
y
1
 f 1 ( x)  3  , x  , x  0
x
[Recall that Df -1 = R f ]

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8.
(i) f :x 2 x  1, x  , g:x x 2  2, x 

gf(x) = fg(x) + 16
g(2 x  1)  f ( x2  2)  16
 2 x  1  2  2  x 2  2   1  16
2

4 x 2  4 x  1  2  2 x 2  4  1  16
2 x 2  4 x  16  0
x2  2x  8  0
 x  4  x  2   0
x  4 or  2

(ii) hf(x) = 4x2 – 4x – 7

h(2x – 1) = 4x2 – 4x – 7
h(2x – 1) = (2x – 1)2 – 8
Hence h(x) = x2 – 8

Alternative:

Given hf(x) = 4x2 – 4x – 7

hf f 1  x    4 f 1  x    4 f 1  x    7
2

 x 1   x 1 
2

h( x)  4    4 7 [ hf f -1 ( x)   h ff 1  x   h  x  ]

 2   2 
h( x)  x 2  2 x  1  2 x  2  7
h( x)  x 2  8 To find f 1 ( x) :
Let y  2 x  1
y 1
x
2
x 1
f 1 ( x) 
2

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10.

xa
f :x for x  , x  b , a   1
xb
g:x x for x  .

This is a self-inverse function.

Since ff  g  x  f ( x)  f 1 ( x)
xa
Let y  Alternative
xb Given ff  g .
xy  by  x  a
 xa
a  by ff  x   f  
x  xb 
y 1 xa
a  bx a
f 1  x    xb
x 1 xa
b
x  a a  bx xb

xb x 1 x  a  ax  ab
 x
x  a  bx  b 2
Observe that b = 1 x  a  ax  ab  x 2  ax  bx 2  b 2 x
(1  a) x  a  ab  (1  b) x 2  (a  b 2 ) x
 (1  b)  0  b  1

xa
 f 1 ( x)  for x  , x  1 , a  1
x 1

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