Problem Set No.

1 : Functions

f (a + h) − f (a)
1 Compute in the following cases:
h
1 1
1. f (x) = when a 6= 2 and a + h 6= 2 Ans.
x−2 (a − 2)(a + h − 2)
√ 1
2. f (x) = x − 4 when a ≥ 4 and a + h ≥ 4 Ans. √ √
a+h−4+ a−4
x 1
3. f (x) = when a 6= −1 and a + h 6= −1 Ans.
x+1 (a + 1)(a + h + 1)

f (x + h) − f (x)
2 Evaluate the expression for the
h
following functions:
1. f (x) = 3x − x2 Ans. 3 − 2x − h
2. f (x) = 3x − 5 Ans. 3
√ 2
3. f (x) = 2x Ans. p √
2(x + 4) + 2x
4. f (x) = x3 − 2 Ans. 3x2 + 3xh + h2

3 Find the domain and range of the following

functions.
√
1. f (x) = 9 − x2 Ans. Domain : [−3, 3] Range : [0, 3]
x 1 1
2. f (x) = Ans. Domain : x ∈ R Range : [− , 0] ∪ [0, ]
1 + x2 2 2
3. f (x) = |x − 3| Ans. Domain : x ∈ R Range : y ≥ 0
4
4. f (x) = Ans. Domain : x 6= 0 Range : y 6= 0
x
5. f (x) = x − |x| Ans. Domain : x ∈ R Range : y ≤ 0

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4 Let f(x) = sinx and g(x) = 2x, determine the
following:
1. (f ◦ g)(x) Ans. sin2x

2. (g ◦ f )(x) Ans. 2sinx

3. (f ◦ f )(x) Ans. sin(sinx)
4. (g ◦ g)(x) Ans. 4x

5 Let f (x) = ex and g(x) = lnx, determine the

following:
1. (f + g)(1) Ans. e
2. (f ∗ g)(1) Ans. 0
3. (3f )(1) Ans. 3e

4. (5g)(1) 0
5. (f ◦ g)(1) Ans. 1
6. (g ◦ f )(1) Ans. 1

6 Determine whether each of the following is

even, odd or neither even nor odd.
1. f (x) = x5 + x
2. g(x) = 1 − x4
3. h(x) = 2x − x2