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8) f: x  5 – 3x.

(a) Find f(–1).

Answer (a) …….………………………….

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(b) Find f (x).

Answer (b) …….………………………….

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(c) Find f f (8).

Answer (c) …….………………………….

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9) f(x) = x – 3x + 6x – 4 and g(x) = 2x – 1.

Find

(a) f(–1),

Answer (a) ……….….…………

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(b) gf(x),

Answer (b) ……….….…………

[2]

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(c) g (x).

Answer (c) ……….….…………

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10) The function f(x) is given by

f(x) = 3x – 1.

Find, in its simplest form,

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(a) f f(x),

Answer (a) ……………………..

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(b) ff(x).

Answer (b) ……………………..

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11) f(x) = x – 4x + 3 and g(x) = 2x – 1.

(a) Solve f(x) = 0.

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(b) Find g (x).

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(a) Solve f(x) = g(x), giving your answers correct to 2 decimal places.
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(d) Find the value of gf(–2).

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(e) Find fg(x). Simplify your answer.

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12) 2 x
f(x) = 2x – 1 g(x) = x + 1 h(x) = 2

(a) Find the value of

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i) f 2 
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Answer (a)(i) ……..……………

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(ii) g(–5),

Answer (a)(ii) ………….………

[1]

(iii) h(–3).

Answer (a)(iii) …………………

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(b) Find the inverse function f (x).
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Answer (b) f (x) = …………..…
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(c) g(x) = z.
Find x in terms of z.

Answer (c) x = …………....……

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(d) Find gf(x), in its simplest form.

Answer (d) gf(x) = ……….….…

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(e) h(x) = 512.

Find the value of x.

Answer (e) x = ……….…………

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(f) Solve the equation 2f(x) + g(x) = 0, giving your answers correct to 2 decimal
places.
 Answer (f) x = ….… or x = ….…
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(g) Sketch the graph of

(i) y = f(x),

(ii) y = g(x).
y y

x x
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(i) y = f( x ) (ii) y = g ( x )
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13) f(x) = 2x – 1, g(x) = x h(x) = 2 .

(a) Find the value of fg(6).

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(b) Write, as a single fraction, gf(x) in terms of x.

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(a) Find g (x).
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(d) Find hh(3).

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Find x when h(x) = g  7 
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