Functions

Monika Bansal
What is a function?
Composite functions:
Moduls function:
Q. Which of the following represents the
graph y = | x + 1 |?

(A) 2 (B) 2
1 1

-2 -1 1 2 -2 -1 1 2

2
2
(C) 1 (D) 1

-2 -1 1 2
-2 -1 1 2
 3
Q. If |5-r| = 6 and | q-6| = 12, then what
2
q
is the maximum value of ?
r

(A) 12
12
(B) 11
(C) 4
4
(D) 6
Q. Let f (x) = │x - 2│ + │2.5 - x│ + │3.6 -
x│, where x is a real number, attains a
minimum at? (2003C)
(a) x = 2.3
(b) x = 2.5
(c) x = 2.7
(d) None of these
Q. If │x - 2│< 5 and │2y - 5│< 3, Find the
minimum value of xy 2?
Q. Find the minimum value of
│x - 2│ + │x - 4│ + │x - 6│+……│x - 46│
Q. Find the area (in square units) of the
region bounded by the curves |x| = 3,
y = |x| and y = –|x|.
(1) 8
(2) 9
(3) 12
(4)18
Trigonometric functions:
Gint function:
Q. If [x] is the greatest integer less than
or equal to x then find the value of
the following series:
[ 1] + [ 2] + [ 3] + [ 4] + ... + [ 361]
(1) 4408 (2) 4389
(3) 3498 (4) 3489
Q. If the symbol [x] denotes the largest
integer less than or equal to x, then
the value of

(1) 40 (2)28 (3) 3 (4) 0

Q. Let f (x) be a function satisfying f (x) f
(y) = f (xy) for all real x, y. If f (2) = 4,
then what is the value of f(1/2)?
(a) 0 (b) ¼ (c) ½ (e)CBD
Sint function:
Q. If log10x – log10 x = 2 logx10, then
the
possible value of x is given by
(a) 10
(b) 1/100
(c) 1/1000
(d) NOT
Q. Let f(x) = max (2x + 1, 3– 4x), where x
is any real number. Then the
minimum possible value of f(x) is
(a)1/3 (b)2/3 (c)1/2 (d)4/3
Q. If f (x) = x 3 – 4x + p, and f (0) and f (1)
are of opposite signs, then which of
the following is necessarily true?
(a) – 1 < p < 2
(b) 0 < p < 3
(c) – 2 < p < 1
(d) – 3 < p < 0
Q.
Q. The solution of the equation x 2 + 7 |x|
+ 12 = 0 is
(A) 4, 3 (B) –4, -3 (C) 4, 3
(D) None of these