Mathematics 100

Review of Functions

Exercises
M.M. OLAVIDES

I. Find the natural domain of the following functions.

x2 4
x2 3

2. f (x) = |2x 1| 4

4. f (x) =

1. f (x) =

x2

5. f (x) =

x2 4
3. f (x) =
x2 5

6. f (x) =

x
4x + 5
x1
x+2

x+1
x1

4
1 x3
7. f (x) =
3
x+1

4
|x| 5
8. f (x) =
x+1x

9. g(s) = s 4 8 s

II. Sketch the graph of the following functions. Label all important points and identify the domain and the range for
each function.

2x2 2
3.
f
(x)
=
x

2
5.
f
(x)
=
2

4 (x 2)2
1. f (x) =
x+1

x4 5x2 + 4
2. f (x) =
4.
f
(x)
=
4 x2
2
1x
III. Express each of the given function as a piecewise function and sketch the graph of the function.
1. f (x) = |x + 2| 5


2. g(x) = x2 2x 8

3. h(x) = |x 2| x

5. g(t) = JtK

4. f (x) = J2x 1K

6. h(x) = |x| + JxK

IV. Sketch the graph of the following piecewise functions. Label all important points and identify the domain and the
range for each function.
{

2x , if x 3
x + 1 , if 2 x 2
1. f (x) =
5. f (x) =
JxK + 1 , if 2 < x < 5
x + 3 , if x > 3

x 12x , if 5 x 7

2 , if x < 1
2

2. f (x) =
x , if 1 x < 2

x2 3x + 2

x + 1 , if x > 2
, if x 2, x = 1

x1

6. f (x) =
2

|x|
,
if
x

Jx 3K , if 2 < x < 5

2
x 4x
x 5x + 6 , if x 3
3. f (x) =
, if 3 < x 5, x = 4

x4

2
, if x > 5

|x + 1| , if x < 0

3
,
if
x
<
3

Jx
+ 1K 2 , if 0 x < 2
7. f (x) =
2
4. f (x) =
9 x2 , if 3 x < 3

5x + 6

, if x 2, x = 3
x 6x + 9 , if x 3
x3
V. For each given function f and positive integer n, express f as a composition of n nonidentity functions f1 , f2 , . . . fn
such that f (x) = (f1 f2 fn )(x).
(
)

( 2
)5
x 1
2x 1
1. f (x) = x2 + 1 , n = 2
3. f (x) =
+3 , n=3
5. f (x) = tan
,n=4
x+2
x+1
2

2. f (x) = (x + 1) + 5(x + 1) 1 ,
4. f (x) = 5 (x2 + 1)10 1 , n = 3
n=2
VI. For each pair of functions f and g given below, find f + g, f g, f g, f /g, f g, and g f and their respective
domains.
1. f (x) = 2x2 + 1 , g(x) =

2. f (x) = 3x2 , g(x) = x2 + 1

1
x
, g(x) =
x+1
x2

2
4. f (x) = |1 x| , g(x) =
1
x
3. f (x) =

One of the most important concepts in all of mathematics is that of a function.

T.P. Dick and C.M. Patton

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