Chapter 4 Extra Exercises

1. A travel agency organises a study tour for local students. The table below shows the number (n)
of students and the corresponding total cost of the tour ($C), where C = k + 640n.
Number of students (n) 25 30 35 40
Total cost ($C) 49 200 52 400 55 600 58 800
(a) Find the value of k.
(b) Using the result of (a), find the total cost of the tour for 80 students.
(c) If the total cost of the tour is $110 000, find the number of students.
(d) The representative of the travel agency claims that the total cost of a certain tour is
exactly $100 000. Do you agree? Explain your answer.

2. Find the domain of each of the following functions.

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(a) f(x) = 2
x 2
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(b) g(x) =
x( x  3)
x3
(c) h(x) = 2
x  2x  8

3. Find the domain of each of the following functions.

(a) f(x) = 2x  7
x8
(b) g(x) =
x 8
x4
(c) h(x) = 2
2 x  3x  1

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4. If f(x) = 1 + x + , find the value of each of the following.
x
(a) f(3)
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(b) f   
 2
(c) f(–a) + f(a)

x
5. If f(x) = and g(x) = x  2 , find the value of each of the following.
x 3
(a) g(7) • [1 + f(–6)]
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(b) – [g(3)]2
f (5)
6. Let f(x) = x2 – 15. Find the value of each of the following.
(a) f(4)
(b) f[f(4)]
(c) f{f[f(4)]}

7. If f(x) = x2 – 7x + 16 and g(x) = 4x – 8, find the value(s) of a such that f(a) = g(a).

8. Let f(x) = 3x2 – 5x + 4. If f(k) = 2(k + 1), find the value(s) of k.

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9. It is given that T(x) = kx – 4k and T(7) = , where k is a constant.
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(a) Find the value of k.
(b) Find the value of [T(1) + T(–1)]2.
(c) Find the value of a such that T(a + 2) = [T(1) + T(–1)]2.

10. It is given that f(x) = x2 + 6x + k and f(5) = 48, where k is a constant.

(a) Find the value of k.
(b) Solve the equation f(x) = x – 9.
(Leave the radical sign ‘ ’ in the answers.)

11. It is given that F(x) = Ax3 + x + B, F(1) = 0 and F(–1) = –6, where A and B are constants.
(a) Find the values of A and B.
(b) Is it true that F(–x) = –F(x)? Explain your answer.
(c) Find the value of F(2 014) + F(–2 014).

12. Let f(x) = (2x + 1)g(x) – 9, where g(x) = x + a. It is given that f(–4) = 5.
(a) Find the value of a.
(b) Solve the equation f(x) = 0.

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13. It is given that f(x) = .
x3
(a) Find f(3x – 2).
(b) Find the domain of f(3x – 2).
(c) Find the value of k such that f(3k – 2) = 14.

14. Let F(x) = x – 2, G(x) = x2 + 2x – 3 and H(x) = 2[F(x)]2 + G(x).

(a) Express H(x) in terms of x.

(b) Solve the equation H(x) = 4x. (Leave the radical sign ‘ ’ in the answers.)

H (5)
(c) Find the value of .
F (5)  G (5)
15. If f(x – 3) = –2x2 + 10x + 7, find f(x).

16. It is given that F(x + 1) = 2x2 + x – 3 and G(x – 2) = 4x + 1.

(a) Find F(x) and G(x).
(b) Solve the equation F(x) – x = G(x) – 1.

17.
(a) If f(x) = 3x – 5, find f(1 – x).
(b) If g(x – 4) = x + 2, find g(x).
(c) Solve the equation f(1 – x) • g(x) = 13.

18. It is given that f(x) = px2 + qx – 6, f(–3) = –45 and f(3) = –39, where p and q are constants.
(a) Find the values of p and q.
(b) If f(k) = f(1 – k), find the value of k.

19. Let f(x) = ax2 + bx + c, where a, b and c are constants. It is given that f(0) = 42, f(1) = 18 and
f(2) = –2.
(a) Find the values of a, b and c.
 x
(b) Find the value of f   .
2
 x
(c) The equation f   = d has no real roots. If d is an integer, find the maximum value of d.
2

20. In a fast food store, a lunch set is sold at $35 each. The cost (in $) of making n lunch sets on a
certain day can be represented by the function C(n) = 2 900 + 11n. Let P(n) be the function
representing the profit (in $) made by selling n lunch sets on a certain day.
(a) Express P(n) in terms of n.
(b) Find the domain of the function P(n).
(c) If 160 lunch sets are sold on a certain day, find the profit made.
(d) Is it possible that there is no profit or loss after selling all the lunch sets on a certain day?
Explain your answer.
21. The figure shows a C-shaped piece of wooden board. Let A(x) be the function representing the
area (in cm2) of the wooden board.

(a) Express A(x) in terms of x.

(b) Find the domain of the function A(x).
(c) Find the area of the wooden board when x = 5.
(d) Can the area of the wooden board be 185 cm2? Explain your answer.