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Exercises 1
1. These are some possible pairs.

(a) f (x) = x6 , g(x) = 4x + 3; f (x) = x2 , g(x) = (4x + 3)3 ; f (x) = x3 , g(x) = (4x + 3)3
√ √
(b) f (x) = 4 3 x, g(x) = 2 − x2 ; f (x) = 4 3 2 − x, g(x) = x2
√ √ √ √
(c) g(x) = x, f (x) = x + x; g(x) = x2 + x, f (x) = x
(d) g(x) = x2 + x + 1, f (x) = 2x; g(x) = 2x + 1, f (x) = 2x2 + x; g(x) = x2 − x + 1,
f (x) = 2x + 1
√
3
−1 x−3 −1 15x + 10 −1 x−1 4x + 1
2. (a) f (x) = ; (b) f (x) = − ; (c) f (x) = ; (d) f −1 (x) =
4 12 2 3x + 2
x−2 √
3. (a) f −1 (x) = ; (b) f −1 (x) = 3 x + 1
3

4. Domain of f = Range of f −1 = (−∞, −2] ∪ (−1, 2] ∪ (3, ∞)

Range of f = Domain of f −1 = (−∞, −3) ∪ (0, 2] ∪ [3, ∞)

x 3
 −2 + 2 if x < −3



f −1 (x) = 3
x−1 if 0 < x ≤ 2
 12 − x



if x ≥ 3

Exercises 2  
y+1
IR ln


L ln 1 − E ln P y−1
1. (a) x = e2y + 1; (b) t = − ; (c) k = ; (d) x =
R ln P − ln T ln 2
2. x = 2, x = 3

3. (a) There were initially 2000 fish in the lake.

(b) About 7337 fish
(c) About 1 year and 9 months

4. About 8 years

5. x = 2

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Exercises 3
1. cot x = 43 , sec x = − 65 , cos x = − 56 , sin x = − 10
9
, csc x = − 10
9
√
17
√ √ √
2. tan t = 4, csc t = − 4
, sin t = − 4 1717 , cos t = − 17
17
, sec t = − 17

3. (a) 10 cm below the rest position;√(b) highest - 10 cm above the rest position, lowest - 10
cm below the rest position; (c) 5 2 cm above the rest position, about 9.24 cm below the
rest position; (d) after 43 sec; (e) about 2.18 sec
√
2 13
4. 13

5. x = − 45

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