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Sets, Relations and Functions

LEVEL 2
41. p /2 < x < p /2 [x] = 2, 1, 0, 1
f (x) = cos[x]
= cos (2), cos (1), cos (0), cos 1
= cos 2, cos 1, 1 cos 1
42.
x
x x
-
- +
5
10 24
2
> 0 and x + 5 > 0
x > 5, x > 6 x > 6 x (6, )
or x < 5, x > 4 4 < x < 5 x (4, 5)
43. Let g(x) = 1 +
x
3
= y x
1/3
= y 1
so f ( g(x)) = 3 3x
1/3
+ x
f ( y) = 3 3( y 1) + ( y 1)
3
= y
3
3y
2
+ 5
44. f (x) =
-
-
-
-
x
e
x
x
1 2
+ 1
=
-
-
- +
xe
e
x
x
x
1 2
1
=
x e
e
x
x
x
- +
( )
-
- +
1 1
1 2
1
=
x
e
x
f x
x
-
+ + = ( )
1 2
1
45. (fog) (x) = f (g(x)) = f
x
x 1 -

=
x
x
x
x
1
1
1
-
-
+
=
x
x x + - 1
= x
(fog)
1
(x) = x
46. f (x) = cot
1

2
1
2
x
x -
is clearly one-one as
f (x
1
) = f (x
2
)
x
1
= x
2
Next, let y = f (x) cot y =
2
1
2
x
x -
=
2 2
1 2
2
tan /
tan /
q
q
( )
- ( )
= tanq
y = p/2 q = p/2 2tan
1
x. (Taking x = tan(q / 2)
so y (0, p) 0 < y < p
p / 4 < tan
1
x < p / 4
1 < x < 1 x (1, 1)
and thus f is onto
47. As 5 12
2 2
+ 5 sinx + 12 cosx 5 12
2 2
+
for all x
14 13 5 sin x + 2 cos x 14 + 13
1 f (x) 27
f is not one-one as it is periodic.
48. fof (cos x) = f
x
x
f x
1
1
2
2
-
+

= ( )
( )
cos
cos
tan /
1.2 JEE Main MathematicsLevel 2, Hints and Solutions
=
1 2
1 2
2
2
- ( )
+ ( )
tan /
tan /
x
x
= cos x.
49. Since f(x + T) = sin x T x + sin for any value
T.
f (x) is not periodic.
50. Let y = f (x) =
x
x
+
-
2
1
, y Y = R {1}
x =
y
y
+
-
2
1
, x X = R ~ {1}
f is onto
Also f (x
1
) = f (x
2
) x
1
= x
2

f is one-one.
51. f (x + y) + f (x y)
=
a a
x y x y + - + ( )
+
2
+
a a
x y x y - - - ( )
+
2
=
a a a a a a
x y y x y y
+
( )
+ +
( )
- - -
2
=
a a a a
x x y y
+
( )
+
( )
- -
2
= 2. f (x) f (y) k = 2.
52. x 3 0 x 3 and 1 x - 3 1
x 4. x [3, 4].
53. x[x] = | | x x
2
= x if x is an integer
x = 0, 1
54. f (x) = x
a a
a a
x x
x x
+
-
-
-
f (x) = f (x) f is not odd.
f (x) =
a x
a x
x
x
+
-
f ( x) =
1
1
-
+
xa
xa
x
x
f (x)
f is not odd
f (x) =
a
a
x
x
-
+
1
1
f ( x) =
1
1
-
+
a
a
x
x
= f (x) f is
odd.
f (x) = x log
2
x x + +
( )
2
1 f (x)
= x log - + +
( )
x x
2
1 f (x)
55. g (x) = 1 + x [x] > 0 for all x
(fog) (x) = f ( g(x)) = 1
56. The function f (x) = log
2
(log
1/2
(x
2
+ 4x + 3) +
sin
1
[x] is dened if
0 < x
2
+ 4x +3 < 1 and 1 x 2 (I)
x
2
+ 4x + 3 > 0 x > 1 or x < 3 (II)
x
2
+ 4x + 3 < 1 2 2 < x < 2 + 2
(III)
So the domain of the function is
1 < x < 2 + 2
57. g ( f (x)) = |sin x| = sin
2
x
which is satised if f (x) = sin
2
x and g (x) = x
Also it satises f ( g (x)) = f x
( )
= (sin x )
2
58. f (x) = 3x 5 = y x =
y + 5
3
= f
1
( y)
f
1
(x) =
x + 5
3
59. f (x
2
) = | x
2
a | ( f (x))
2
f (|x| = | |x| a| | f (x)|
f (x + y) = |x + y a| |x a| + |y a|.
60. Required number is 4! = 24.