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The document is a tutorial sheet from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Zambia. It contains 9 problems related to functions, including identifying functions from diagrams, evaluating composite functions, determining if a function is even, odd or neither, and identifying properties of functions from graphs. The tutorial sheet provides practice on key concepts for the course Introduction to Mathematics, Statistics and Probability.

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Mat 1120 Tutorial Sheet 2 2022 23

The document is a tutorial sheet from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Zambia. It contains 9 problems related to functions, including identifying functions from diagrams, evaluating composite functions, determining if a function is even, odd or neither, and identifying properties of functions from graphs. The tutorial sheet provides practice on key concepts for the course Introduction to Mathematics, Statistics and Probability.

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The University of Zambia

Department of Mathematics and Statistics


Mat 1120 - Introduction to Mathematics, Statistics and
Probability
Tutorial Sheet 2 - Functions April, 2023.

1. State which of the following relations given by the arrow diagrams below are functions.
a 1 a 1 a 1
b 2 b 2 b 2
c 3 c 3 c 3
d 4 d 4 d 4
(a) (b) (c)
a 1 a 1 a 1
b 2 b 2 b 2
c 3 c 3 c 3
d 4 d 4 d 4
(d) (e) (f)

2. (a) Given that a function g(x) = x2 − 6, find:


i. g(4) ii. g(−4) iii. g(2)
iv. the possible real values of a is g(a) = a.
(b) Given that f (x) = 2x + 1, find:
i. (f (x))2 ii. f (x2 ) iii. f (f (x))

3. (a) The function g is given by g(x) = ax2 − b, where a and b are real numbers. If
g(2) = −5 and g(−1) = 2, find the values of a and b.
(b) Find the range of each function for the given domain and state if the function is
one-to-one or not.
i. f (x) = x − 2, Domain = {x ∈ R : −2 ≤ x ≤ 4}.
ii. f (x) = x2 , Domain = {x ∈ R : −3 < x < 3}.
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iii. f (x) = x−1 , Domain = {x ∈ R : x > 1}.
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iv. f (x) = x2 +1
, Domain = R.

4. Find the domain and the range of the following functions.


√
(a) f (x) = x21+1 1
(b) f (x) = x−1 (c) f (x) = 1 − x2
√ √
(d) f (x) = x2 − 1 (e) f (x) = x2 + 1 (f) f (x) = x1
√
(g) f (x) = x−1
2
(h) f (x) = −x2 + 2x + 7 (i) f (x) = x − 3

5. (a) If f (x) = 2x2 + 2, g(x) = x − 1 and h(x) = 3x, find:


i. (f ◦ g)(x) ii. (g ◦ h)(x) iii. (h ◦ f )(x)

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Tutorial Sheet 2- Functions - Page 2 of 2 April, 2023.

(b) For each of the given functions f and g, find (f ◦ g)(x) and (g ◦ f )(x).
i. f (x) = 2x − 3 and g(x) = 3x + 2
ii. f (x) = x2 − x and g(x) = x + 4
iii. f (x) = x2 and g(x) = x − 3

6. The functions given below are either bijective or not. If the given function is bijective,
find its inverse. If it is not bijective, limit the domain by finding the largest possible
subset so that the function is bijective and then find its inverse. In each case, state the
domain and range of the function and its inverse.
x
(a) f (x) = 2x + 3 (b) f (x) = x2 − 4x (c) f (x) = x−3
√
(d) f (x) = 2 − x (e) f (x) = x2 − 4 (f) f (x) = x1 − 3, x ̸= 0
3
(g) f (x) = x−1 , x ̸= 1

7. Explain why a straight line parallel to the x-axis will intersect the graph of a one-to-one
function at most once.

8. Determine whether the given functions below are even, odd nor neither.
(a) f (x) = 1 − x2 (b) f (x) = x2 − x (c) f (x) = 3x2 + 2x − 1
(d) f (x) = x + x1

9. The diagrams below are graphs of real functions. Which of these graphs represent
functions that are odd, even or neither? Which of these graphs represents functions that
are one-to-one? Justify your answer.
y y y

x x x

(a) (b) (c)


y y y

x x x

(d) (e) (f)

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