Cambridge International AS & A Level Mathematics: Pure Mathematics 1

5 Find the range for each of these functions.

a f( x ) = x + 4 for x > 8 b f( x ) = 2 x − 7 for −3 < x < 2
c f( x ) = 7 − 2 x for −1 < x < 4 d f : x ֏ 2x2 for 1 < x < 4
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e f( x ) = 2 x for −5 < x < 4 f f( x ) = for 1 < x < 8
x
6 Find the range for each of these functions.
a f( x ) = x 2 − 2 for x ∈ ℝ b f : x ֏ x 2 + 3 for −2 < x < 5
c f( x ) = 3 − 2 x 2 for x < 2 d f( x ) = 7 − 3x 2 for −1 < x < 2

7 Find the range for each of these functions.

1
a f( x ) = ( x − 2)2 + 5 for x > 2 b f( x ) = (2 x − 1)2 − 7 for x >
2
c f : x ֏ 8 − ( x − 5)2 for 4 < x < 10 d f( x ) = 1 + x − 4 for x > 4
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8 Express each function in the form a ( x + b ) + c , where a, b and c are constants
and, hence, state the range of each function.
a f( x ) = x 2 + 6x − 11 for x ∈ ℝ b f( x ) = 3x 2 − 10 x + 2 for x ∈ ℝ

9 Express each function in the form a − b( x + c )2 , where a, b and c are constants

and, hence, state the range of each function.
a f( x ) = 7 − 8x − x 2 for x ∈ ℝ b f( x ) = 2 − 6x − 3x 2 for x ∈ ℝ

10 a Represent, on a graph, the function:

 3 − x
2
38 for 0<x<2
f( x ) = 
 3x − 7 for 2<x<4
b Find the range of the function.

11 The function f : x ֏ x 2 + 6x + k , where k is a constant, is defined for x ∈ ℝ.

Find the range of f in terms of k.

12 The function g : x ֏ 5 − ax − 2 x 2 , where a is a constant, is defined for x ∈ ℝ.

Find the range of g in terms of a.

13 f( x ) = x 2 − 2 x − 3 for x ∈ ℝ, − a < x < a

If the range of the function f is −4 < f( x ) < 5, find the value of a.

14 f( x ) = x 2 + x − 4 for x ∈ ℝ , a < x < a + 3

If the range of the function f is −2 < f( x ) < 16, find the possible values of a.

15 f( x ) = 2 x 2 − 8x + 5 for x ∈ ℝ, 0 < x < k

a Express f( x ) in the form a ( x + b )2 + c .
b State the value of k for which the graph of y = f( x ) has a line of symmetry.
c For your value of k from part b, find the range of f .

16 Find the largest possible domain for each function and state the corresponding
range.
a f( x ) = 3x − 1 b f( x ) = x 2 + 2 c f( x ) = 2 x
1 1
d f( x ) = e f( x ) = f f( x ) = x−3−2
x x−2

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