JE ADVANCED - VOL - III FUNCTIONS

FUNCTIONS Here we have only one point of min. of f  x  at

q
x
p
WORKED OUT EXAMPLES
W.E.1: The function f  x  | px  q |  r | x |, where
y
x   ,   where p  0, q  0, r  0 assume
its minimum value only at one point, if
a) p  q b) r  q c) r  p d) p  q  r
Key. c O q x
x
p

  px  q  rx; x  0
 (iii) for r  p , f  x   0; if x  0
 q
f  x     px  q  rx; 0  x 
 p  0; if x  0
Sol.
 q form the graph, we have only one point of
 px  q  rx; x
 p minimum at x  0 .


y
  0; if x  0

 q
f   x    0; if 0  x 
(i) for r  p ,  p
 q q
  0; if x  O x x
 p p

W.E-2: If f  x   x 2  2bx  2c 2 and

Here, we have infinitely many point for m in value
g  x    x 2  2cx  b 2 such that
for f  x  .
min f  x   max g  x  , then the relation
y between ‘b’ and ‘c’ is
a) no real value of b & c
b) 0  c  b 2 c) | c || b | 2
q x d) | c | b 2
x
p
Key. d

(ii) for r  p , f   x   0; if x  0 Sol. We have min. f  x   2c 2  b 2 ;

q max. g  x   b 2  c 2
 0; if 0  x 
p
f min  g max  2c 2  b2  b2  c 2
q
 0; if x  | c || b | 2
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W.E-3: X and Y are two sets and f : X  Y . If f  x  5

p  0, f  x  p   f x  3 , x  R, then
 f  c   y; c  X , y  Y  and  
the period of ‘ f ’ is
f 1
 d   x; d  Y , x  X  , then the true
a) 2p b) 4p c) 3p d) 5p
statement, is
Key. b

1
a) f f  b   b  1
b) f  f  a    a Sol. 3 does not belong to the range of ‘f’
Now
c) ff 1
 b    b; b  y f  x  2 p  f  x  f  x  p  p  f  x
d) f 1  f  a    a; a  x
f  x  5  5
Key. d f  x   3  4 f  x   10
Sol. Given that X and Y are two sets and f : X  Y , 
f  x   5  3 2 f  x   4
 f  c   y; c  X , y  Y  and f  x  3
f 1
 d   x; d  Y , x  X 

2 f  x  5
f  x  2
since f 1  d   x  f  x   d
2
Now if a  X  f  a   f  X   d  f  x   2  1, which is absurd

 f 1 f  a   a  f  x  2 p  f  x

f 1 f  a   a, a  X Similarly f  x  3 p   f  x 
Now
W.E-4: If f  x  satisfies the functional equation
3 f  x  5
1 5
2 4
x . f  x   f 1  x   2 x  x , then f    f  x  3 p  5 f  x  1
 3 f  x  4 p    f  x
f  x  3 p  3 3 f  x  5
1 1 8 10 3
a) b) c) d) f  x  1
3 9 9 9
Key. c  Period of f  x  is 4p
Sol. Replace ‘ x ’ by ‘1  x ’, we have
W.E-6: For any real number ‘t’, [t] denotes the G.I.F.
1  x 2 . f 1  x   f  x   2 1  x   1  x 4 Let W be the set of all non-negative integers and
Now eliminating f 1  x  f : W  W is a function defined by

  x   x 
 f  x 
 2 x  x  1  x 
4 2
 2 1  x 1  x 
4
f  x    x  10.    .10 10  
 10  
log x
f    ; x  0
 10  
2
x 2 1  x   1
 0; x0
1 8 if f  7752  is a four digit number abcd then
 1  x2  f   
3 9
c  d    a  b 
W.E-5: Let f : R  R be a function such that for some
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Key. b a) f   x  is a polynomial of degree 2
Sol. f  7752   2557  c  d   a  b   7
b) roots of f   x   2 x  1 are real

W.E-7: Suppose f :  2, 2  R defined c) x. f   x   3  f  x   1

1, for  2  x  0 d) f   1  3

by f  x    then Key. a, b, c, d
 x  1; for 0  x  2
Sol. Given
x | x   2, 2: x  0 and f  x   x   f  x  . f  y   f  x   f  y   f  xy   2, x, y  R
 1  Put x  1  y then
a) 1 b) 0 c)   d) 
2 2
Key. c
 f 1   3 f 1  2  0  f 1  1 (or ) 2

Sol. | x |  0, 2 If f 1  1 then f 1  1, x  R . A

contradiction
1
 f | x |  | x | 1  x  x    x  0  degree of f  x  is positive
2
 f 1  1 . Hence f 1  2
1 
W.E-8: Let f :  ,1  [0, ) and 1 1
2  replace ‘y’ by ‘ ’ then f  x  . f  
x x
 x   f 1  2
f  x   log e   then f  x  is
 1 x 
f  x    x n  1  f  4   65
a) one-one function b) Many-one function
c) Into function d) bijection  f  x   x3  1  f   x   3 x 2
Key. c
Sol. Range is  0,  
W.E-11: The least value of the function
W.E-9: Number of positive integers in the domain of  2  cos x 
f  x    for 0  x   , is
 x2  x   sin x 
the function f  x   log 0.5 log 6
 x  4  is
  1 1
a) 2 b) c) 3 d)
Key. 6 2 3
Sol. Integers are 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Key. c
Sol. Put cos x  t sothat 1  t  1
W.E-10: Let f  x  be a non-constant polynomial
f t  
 2  t 2  f  t   0  t  
1
satisfying the relation 1 t2 2
f  x  . f  y   f  x   f  y   f  xy   2 , for 1 1
f   t   0 for t   ; f   t   0 for t  
all real ‘ x ’, ‘ y ’ and f  0   1, suppose 2 2
1
f  4   65, then  f  t  is least at t   and f  t   3
2
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W.E-12: The range of the function

 
 cos x  2 x has one root in  0, 2 

f  x   log 2 2  log 2 16sin 2

x 1  

a)  0,1 b) (,1] c)  1,1 d)  ,   3 3x  5

W.E-16: Let f : R     R, f  x  
2 2x  3
Key. b
Sol. Here 16sin 2 x  1  0 and Let f2  x  f  f  x  ; f3  x  f  f2  x  ;......., fn  x
 f  f n1  x   , then f 2008  x   f 2009  x  
2  log 2 16sin 2

x 1  0
3x  5
W.E-13: The range of f : R  R, Sol. f  x  ;
2x  3

f  x 
 x 2  1  3x  is f2  x   f  f  x  
3 f  x  5
x
x2  1  x 2 f  x  3

a)  0,   b)  1,    f 2  x   f 4  x   .....  f 2008  x   x

c)  , 1 d) [1, ) 3x  5

f  x   f 3  x   ........  f 2009  x  
2x  3
Key. b
1
Sol. Let x2  1  x  t  x2  1  x  3x  5 2 x 2  5
t  f 2008  x   f 2009  x   x  
2x  3 2x  3
1
 f  t   1   range   1,  
t2
W.E-14:If f  x   f  y   f  x  y  f  x  y  x, y
then f  x  is
a) even b) odd
c) Neither even nor odd
d) both even, odd
Key. a
Sol. Interchange x and y
 f  y  f  x  f  y  x f  y  x

 f  x  y   f  y  x  putting y  2 x

 f  x  f x
W.E-15: The number of roots of the equation
| cos | x || x  | x |, | x | 2 is
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3
Key. d
 3
Sol. x  0 | cos x | 0  x  , ; x0
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