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MATH

FUNCTIONS & RELATIONS, OPERATIONS ON FUNCTIONS

APPLICATIONS OF FUNCTIONS

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the letter of the correct answer. If the answer is NOT among the
choices, write the correct answer on the space provided before each number.
_____ 1. Which set of coordinates describes a function?
A. {(- 5, - 1), (- 3, - 3), (- 1, - 5), (- 5, - 7)}
B. {( 6, 3), (4, 5), (2, 3), (0, 5)}
C. {( 4, - 3), ( - 4, - 6), ( 4, 3), ( - 4, 6)}
D. {( 2, 4), ( 2, - 4), ( 4, 8), ( 6, 2)}
_____ 2. For the function with rule f(x) = , which of the following is the domain?
A. {x/ -5 ≤ x ≤ 5}
B. {x/ x ≤ -25}
C. {x/ x > 25}
D. {x/ x ≥ 25}

_____ 3. If f(x) = x2 + 1 and g(x) = 2x + 1 then f(g(a)) =

A. 4a2 + 4a + 1
B. 4a
C. 4a2 + 4a + 2
D. 4a2 + 1

_____ 4. If f (x) = then the range of f is:

A. {y/y ≤ 10}
B. { y/y < 2}
C. {y/y ≥ 2}
D. { y/y ≥ 2 U -2 < x ≤ 0}
_____ 5. Let and . Find f(x) + g(x).
A. 2x – 4 B. -8x – 8 C. -8x – 4 D. 2x -8
_____ 6. Let and . Find 2f(x) – 3g(x).
A. B. C. D.
_____ 7. Let and . Find and its domain.
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A. ; all real numbers except x = 3 C. ; all real numbers
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B. ; all real numbers D. ; all real numbers except x = 7

_____ 8. Let and . Find and its domain.

A. 3; all real numbers C. 1; all real numbers
B. 3; all real numbers except x = 2 D. –3; all real numbers except x = 3
_____ 9. The table at the right shows the prices for different weights of
packages of strawberries at a market. Which equation can be used
to find the price, p, of any weight, w, of packages of strawberries?
A. p = 0.432w C. p = 1.70w
B. p = 0.85w D. p = 3.40w
_____ 10. The range of the function with graph as shown is:
A. {y/ -1 ≤ y < 12 } C. {y/ -4 ≤ y < 12}
B. {y/ 0< y < 3} D. {y/ 0 ≤ y < 12}
y

(4, 12)

(, 0) y = x2  4

4 x

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_____ 11. For the function with rule f(x) = , f(a + 2) + f(a - 2) = ________.
A. B. C. D.
_____ 12. A plumber charges $13.50 per hour for a plumbing job that requires more than 3 hours to complete.
For any job requiring 3 hours or less, there is a flat charge of $40.50. If h represents the number of
hours the job requires, which of the following expressions gives the charge, in dollars, for a job
requiring more than 3 hours to complete?
A. 13.5h + 40.5 B. 13.5h C. 13.5h – 40.5 D. 40.5
_____ 13. Find the range of the function given the domain: f(x) = 5 – 4x; domain = {-1, 0, 1}
A. {1, 5, 3} B. {9, 5, 1} C. {9, 5, 3} D. {1, 5, 5}
_____ 14. Which function is represented by the graph?
y
10
A.
5

B.
-10 -5 5 10 x

-5
C.

-10

D.
_____ 15. An Olympic diver dives from the high diving board. The distance, d, in metres, from the surface of
the water varies with the time, t, in seconds, that have passed since she left the board, according to
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the equation d=−2t +3 t +10 . What is her maximum elevation above the water during the dive?
(rounded to the nearest unit)
A. 3 metres B. 10 metres C. 11 metres D. 12 metres

II. Solve the following as indicated.

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A. Given f(x) = x+ 4 and g(x) = x2 – 2. Find each of the following functions.

1. ( f +g ) (x) 2. ( f −g ) (x ) 3. ( f ∙ g ) (x )
4. ( fg ) ( x )

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f ( x )= g( x )=
B. Let x+ 2 and let x−1

1. Find ( f ∘ g ) (x) . State the domain and range.

2. Find ( g ∘ f ) (x) then find ( g ∘ f ) ( 32 )

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C. Find the indicated function.

1.Given: f ( x )=x 2 +1 3 x +6
2. Given: g ( x )=3 x+5 , f ( g )= . Find f(x).
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f ( g) ( x )=x + 4 x +5 , 3 x +5
Find g(x).

D. For the composed function find and such that .

E. Find and simplify , given

III. Graph the following functions.

1.

2.

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IV. Write equations for the piecewise functions whose graphs are shown below.

___________________ 1. ___________________ 2.

V. Solve the following problems.

1. Suppose you plan to buy many blank compact disks. You check price list and find out that if you buy
100 CDs or fewer you pay $0.74 each. However if you buy between 100 and 300 CDs, the price drops
to $0.69 each for the second hundred. Write a function that describes the cost, c of n number of CD
purchased.

2. A sporting goods store sells 90 ski jackets in a season for $200 each. Each $10 decrease in the price
would result in five more jackets being sold. Find the number of jackets sold and the selling price to
give revenues of $17 600 from sales of ski jackets.

3. A company receives $45 for each unit of output sold. It has a variable cost of $25 per item and a fixed
cost of $1600.
What is its profit if it sells (a) 75 items, (b)150 items, and (c) 200 items?

4. Mary's water bill changes as the amount of water used changes. If Mary uses less than 100 gallons of
water the cost is 10 cents a gallon. If Mary uses 100 gallons to 500 gallons the cost is 15 cents a gallon
plus a $20 fee to encourage conservation. If Mary uses over 500 gallons the cost is 20 cents a gallon
plus a $50 fee to encourage conservation. Write a piecewise function to represent the cost of water
with x representing the amount of water used in gallons and C(x) representing the cost of water in
dollars.

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