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Spring 2012 Mth101 1 Sol

1) The document is an assignment question from a math course asking students to solve inequalities and find composite functions. 2) For the first question, the student rearranged and solved two inequalities for the possible range of values for x. 3) For the second question, the student defined the given functions f(x) and g(x), found the composite functions f(g(x)) and g(f(x)), and determined their domains by considering the domains of the original functions.

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Spring 2012 Mth101 1 Sol

1) The document is an assignment question from a math course asking students to solve inequalities and find composite functions. 2) For the first question, the student rearranged and solved two inequalities for the possible range of values for x. 3) For the second question, the student defined the given functions f(x) and g(x), found the composite functions f(g(x)) and g(f(x)), and determined their domains by considering the domains of the original functions.

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Assignment No.

1
MTH 101 (Spring 2012)

Maximum Marks: 20
Question # 01:
Solve the following inequalities.
3 2
( ) 4, ( ) 1
2 1 3
a b
x x
<
+

Solution:
a) The given inequality is

3
4 (1)
2 1 x

This can be re-arranged as



3 4 2 1
4 2 1 3
3
2 1
4
x
x
x



By using the basic rule of re-arranging a less than type of inequality involving absolute
function, we get

3 3
2 1
4 4
Adding 1 throughout the inequality, it becomes
3 3
1 2 1
4 4
1 7
2
4 4
dividing throughout the inequality by 2,
1 7
8 8
x
x
x
x

+


So, we can say that the values of x that satisfy (1) lie in the above mentioned range.
Further, notice that for
1
2
x , inequality (1) becomes undefined, therefore, we are
bound to exclude this point from the given range for the values of x. Thus, the solution
for (1) becomes
1 1
8 2
x < and
1 7
2 8
x <
In the interval form, it becomes
1 1 1 7
, ,
8 2 2 8
_ 1


1
, ]
.
b) The given inequality is

2
1 (2)
3 x
<
+
This can be re-arranged as

2 3 x < +
By using the basic rule of re-arranging a great than type of inequality, we get

3 2 or 3 2
Subtracting 3 from both of above inequalities, they become
5 or 1
x x
x x
+ < + >
< >
Joining the above ranges for possible values of x, the solution for the inequality (2),
can be written as

( , 5) ( 1, )
Question # 02:
Given that
2
1
( ) , ( )
1
x
f x g x
x x

. Find
( ) and ( ) f g x g f x o o
.
Also, find the domains of composite functions.
Solution:
Given functions are

2
1
( ) , ( )
1
x
f x g x
x x

( ) [ ( )] f g x f g x o
i.e., we are to replace each x in the function
( ) f x
by
( ) g x
. It
becomes,

2
2
( ) [ ( )]
1
1
1
After some simple steps, it becomes
( )
1
f g x f g x
x
x
x
f g x
x

o
o
On, the similar pattern
2
2
( ) [ ( )]
1
1
1
g f x g f x
x
x
x
x

o
For finding the domains of composite functions, we can see that domain of
( ) f x

consist of all real numbers other than
{ 1,1}
and domain of
( ) g x
is
{0}
.
For
( ) f g x o
, it is clear from the construction of function that it is defined for all real
numbers other than
{ 1,1}
. Following the restriction on the domain of
( ) g x
along with
the domain of composite function, we get

Domain of ( ) { 1, 0,1} f g x o R
.
Similarly, for
( ) g f x o
, function is defined for all real numbers other than 0.
Considering the addition restriction on domain of
( ) f x
, domain of composite function
becomes

Domain of ( ) { 1, 0,1} g f x o R

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