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1. Using the elements {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10}, construct a set of ordered pairs where “twice the
abscissa more than one is equal to the ordinate”. Find the domain and range.

2. If 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 + 1, find 𝑓(𝑎 + 𝑏) and 𝑓(𝑎) + 𝑓(𝑏).

3. If 𝑓(𝑥) = 3𝑥 + 2, find 𝑓(𝑥 2 ) and [𝑓(𝑥)]2 .

Find the values if 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 + 3 and 𝑔(𝑥) = 𝑥 − 1.

4. (𝑓 + 𝑔)(4)
5. (𝑓 − 𝑔)(−3)
6. (𝑓𝑔)(0)
7. (𝑓/𝑔)(5)

If 𝑓(𝑥) = 5𝑥 − 1, 𝑔(𝑥) = 2𝑥 2 − 7 and ℎ(𝑥) = 1/(𝑥 + 1) find

8. (𝑓 ∘ ℎ)(4)
9. (𝑔 ∘ 𝑓)(−5)
10. (𝑓 ∘ 𝑓)(𝑥) and (𝑓 ∘ 𝑓)(−1)

Find the inverse of the following.

11. 𝑦 = (𝑥 + 1)/3
12. 𝑦 = 𝑥 3 − 3
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13. 𝑦 = 2𝑥−3

Solve.

14. If 𝑦 varies jointly as 𝑤 and 𝑦 and also that 𝑥 = 24 when 𝑤 = 3 and 𝑦 = 4, find the value
of 𝑥 if 𝑤 = 4 and 𝑦 = −5.
15. The volume of a right circular cylinder varies jointly as the height and the square of the
radius. If the volume of a right circular cylinder of radius 4 in and height 7 in is 352 in3 ,
find the volume of another of radius 8 in and height 14 in.
16. For a given load, the amount a wire stretches varies inversely as the square of the
diameter. If a wire of a diameter of 0.6 in is stretched 0.006 in by a given load, how
much will a wire of the same material with a diameter of 0.2 in be stretched by the load?
17. Under the same load, the sag of beams of the same material, length and width varies
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inversely as the cube of the thickness. If a beam 4 in thick sags 64 in when a load is
Convert

18. 1°2′3′′ to radian

19. 4.1 𝑟𝑒𝑣 to radian
20. 8 rad to degrees
21. 1.4 rev to degrees

Give the complement and supplement of each.

22. 35°
23. 65°

Determine the measure of the smallest positive angle coterminal and the reference angle with the
given angle.
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25. −349°

26. Find the radius of a circle if a central angle of 108° intercepts an arc of 5 cm. Also find the
area of the sector.

Given one of the values of the function 𝜃, use the fundamental identities to find the values of
the other circular functions of 𝜃.
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27. cos 𝜃 = − 5 , csc 𝜃 < 0

Prove each identity.

cos 𝜃 tan 𝜃
28. = sec 2 𝜃 − tan2 𝜃
sin 𝜃
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29. tan 𝐴 + sec 𝐴 = sec 𝐴−tan 𝐴

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