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Assignment 3: Composition of Functions & Inverse Functions

1. Use the table below to find each value.

x 0 1 2 3 4 5
f (x) 2 3 5 1 0 4
g(x) 5 2 3 4 1 0

(a) f g(2) (b) f g(0) (c) f g(5) (d) gf (2) (e) gf (3) (f) gf (0)

(g) f 2 (0) (h) f 2 (1) (i) f 2 (2) (j) g 2 (5) (k) g 2 (4) (l) g 2 (3)

2. Use the graph illustrated below to answer the following questions. Assume that
each increment on the Cartesian graph represents one unit in length.

(a) State the domain and range of f .

(b) State the domain and range of g.

(c) f g(2) and gf (2).

(d) f 2 (0) and g 2 (4).

(e) Find the value of x for which f (x) = g(x).

(f) How many solutions are there to the equation f (x) = 0?

(g) How many solutions are there to the equation g(x) = 0?

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3. Use the graph illustrated below to answer the following questions.

(a) State the domain and range of f .

(b) State the domain and range of g.

(c) Write down the solution set for the

equation f (x) = 0.

(d) Find the solution set for the

equation f (x) = 0.

(e) Find the value of x for which (f) Find gf (2) and f (g(−3)).
f (x) = g(x).

4. Determine whether each of the following function is a one-to-one function or not.

If it is not one-to-one, explain why not.

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5. Each of the following figures represents the graph of y = f (x), Copy each figure
and sketch the graph of y = f −1 (x) in the same plane.

(a)

(b)

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(c)

(d)

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(e)

(f)

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6. The figure given below represents the graph of y = f −1 (x). Use the graph to
answer the following questions. Assume that each increment on the Cartesian
graph represents one unit in length.

(a) Find f −1 (7).

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(b) Find f −1 f −1 (0) .

(c) If f (4) = a, what is the value of a?

(d) State the value of x for which f (x) = f −1 .

(e) Write down the domain of f −1 in interval notation.

(f) State the domain of f in set notation.

7. Draw the graph of the each given function and determine whether each is a
one-to-one function or not.

(a) f (x) = 3x + 2 (b) f (x) = x − 3 (c) f (x) = 4x2

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(d) f (x) = 2|x| (e) f (x) = (f) f (x) = 4x2 (0 ≤ x ≤ 4)
x−2
√ √
(g) f (x) = x(x ≥ 0) (h) f (x) = x3 (i) f (x) = 3
x

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