Chapter 13: Functions

Once we have solved for 𝑦, we have found the inverse function. Now, plug in 𝑓 +$ (𝑥) for 𝑦.
2𝑥 + 7
𝑓 +$ (𝑥) =
10
Now that we know the inverse, we can find 𝑓 +$ (6.5) by plugging in 6.5

2(6.5) + 7 20
𝑓 +$ (6.5) = = =2
10 10
𝑓 +$ (6.5) = 2
The answer is 2.

Functions Practice: Answers on page 329.

For questions 1-15, use the functions below. 16. The function 𝑓 is defined as 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 % − 4𝑥. 1
What is the value of 𝑓(2)?
𝑓(𝑥) = 2𝑥 % − 7
𝑔(𝑥) = −3𝑥 + 10
A) −12
ℎ(𝑥) = 𝑥 − 3
B) −4
C) 0
1. What is the value of 𝑓(4)?
D) 12
2. What is the value of 𝑔(−31)?
17. What is the value of 𝑓(−3) given 1
3. What is the value of 𝑓(−10)? 𝑓(𝑥) = 3𝑥 % + 3𝑥 + 10 ?

4. What is the value of ℎ(−19)? A) −46

B) −26
5. What is the value of 𝑓(3𝑥)? C) 28
D) 36
1
6. What is the value of 𝑔(𝑥 − 3)?
18. The function 𝑓(𝑥) = 6𝑥 − 1 gives the total
number of students on a field trip with 𝑥 1
7. For what value of 𝑥 does ℎ(𝑥) = −5?
teachers. What is the total number of students
8. For what value of 𝑥 does 𝑔(𝑥) = 31? on a field trip with 5 teachers?

9. For what value of 𝑥 does 𝑓(𝑥) = 43?

10. For what value of 𝑥 does 𝑔(𝑥) = −11?

19. For the function 𝑚(𝑥) = 8 − 6𝑥, for what
11. What is the value of 𝑔(ℎ(−11))? 1
value of 𝑥 does 𝑚(𝑥) equal −1?
12. What is the value of 𝑓(ℎ(2𝑥))?

13. What is the value of 𝑓(ℎ(−4)? 2

14. For what value of 𝑥 does 𝑔(ℎ(𝑥)) = 18?

20. The function 𝑓 is defined as 1
𝑓(𝑥) = −6𝑥 ! + 2𝑥 % . What is 𝑓(−4)?
15. What is the value of 𝑔(𝑓(3𝑥))?

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1 21. The function 𝑓 is defined by 𝑓(𝑥) = 95(0.8)" . 2 26. For functions 𝑓 and 𝑔 defined by
What is the value of 𝑓(0) ? 𝑓(𝑥) = 2𝑥 % + 𝑥 and 𝑔(𝑥) = 2𝑥 − 1, what is
the value of 𝑔(𝑓(2)) ?

A) 10
B) 15
C) 19
D) 22
22.
1
1 27. The function 𝑝(𝑥) = 10.5𝑥 + 20.25 gives the
height of a lemon tree in inches 𝑥 years after it
is planted. If the height of a tree is now 67.5
inches, how many years ago was it planted?

The graph of the function 𝑓 is shown above.

The function 𝑓 has a minimum value when
𝑥 = 𝑘. If 𝑔(𝑥) = 2𝑥 − 7, what is the value of 28. The function 𝑓(𝑥) = 3𝑥 + 7 and the function
2
𝑔(𝑘)? 𝑔(𝑥) = 2𝑥 − 3. What is the value of 𝑓(𝑔(5))?

A) −3 A) 11
B) −1 B) 22
C) 3 C) 28
D) 7 D) 41

1 23. The function ℎ(𝑡) = −2(𝑡 − 4)% + 32 models 2

29. 𝑓(𝑥) = −5𝑥 + 2
the height ℎ, in meters, of a rocket 𝑡 seconds 𝑔(𝑥) = 10 − 𝑓(𝑥)
after it was launched. What is the height of
The functions 𝑓 and 𝑔 are defined above.
the rocket 5 seconds after it was launched?
What is the value of 𝑔(3)?

A) −13
B) −3
C) 7
1 24. If ℎ(𝑥) = 4𝑥 − 7, what is the value of
D) 23
ℎ(−2𝑥) equal to?
$ $
A) −8𝑥 − 7 2 30. If 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 + %0 and 𝑔(𝑥) = 0 what is the
$
B) 8𝑥 − 14 value of 𝑓(𝑔('))?
C) 8𝑥 − 7
D) −8𝑥 + 7

1 25. The graph of the function 𝑓 is shown below,

where the function 𝑓 is defined by
𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑎𝑥 ! + 𝑏𝑥 % + 𝑐𝑥 + 𝑑 and 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐, and 𝑑 31. The function 𝑝 is defined by 𝑝(𝑛) = 3𝑛! + 8.
are constants. For how many values of 𝑥 does 2
What is the value of 𝑛 when 𝑝(𝑛) is equal to
𝑓(𝑥) = 0? 89?
A) One
B) Two
C) Three
D) Four

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32. 𝑥 𝑡(𝑥) 𝑝(𝑥) 2 35. The table below shows values of a quadratic
1 −3 4 2
function 𝑓(𝑥) for specific values of 𝑥. Which
2 0 3 of the following could define 𝑓(𝑥)?
3 2 −1
4 9 −7 𝑥 𝑓(𝑥)
1 3
The table above shows some values for the 3 −1
functions 𝑡 and 𝑝. For what value of 𝑥 does 5 3
𝑡(𝑥) + 𝑝(𝑥) = 2?
A) 𝑓(𝑥) = (𝑥 − 3)% − 1
A) 1 B) 𝑓(𝑥) = (𝑥 − 3)% + 1
B) 2 C) 𝑓(𝑥) = (𝑥 + 3)% − 1
C) 3 D) 𝑓(𝑥) = (𝑥 + 3)% + 1
D) 4
36. The graph below shows the entire function 𝑓 2
in the 𝑥𝑦-plane. If 𝑓(𝑐) = −2, what is the
33. 𝑥 𝑔(𝑥) sum of all possible values of 𝑐?
2
2 11
4 23
6 35
Some values of a linear function 𝑔 are shown
above. Which of the following defines 𝑔(𝑥)?

A) 𝑔(𝑥) = 4𝑥 + 3
B) 𝑔(𝑥) = 6𝑥 − 1
C) 𝑔(𝑥) = 4𝑥 + 7
D) 𝑔(𝑥) = 5𝑥 + 5

34.
2 37. In the 𝑥𝑦-plane, the point (3, 18) lies on the
graph of the function 𝑓. If 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑘 − 2𝑥 % , 2
where 𝑘 is a constant, what is the value of 𝑘?

The complete graph of the function 𝑓 is shown

in the 𝑥𝑦-plane above. Which of the following
statements are true? 38. The function 𝑓 is defined by 2
+!.
𝑓(𝑎) = + 10. For what value of 𝑎 does
&
I. 𝑓(−4) = −1 𝑓(𝑎) = −32 ?
&
II. 𝑓 q− %r = −1
III. 𝑓(4) = 0

A) III only
B) II only
C) I and III only
D) II and III only

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39. A function g satisfies 𝑔(5) = 11 and 44. 𝑓(𝑥) = 2𝑎𝑥 % − 5𝑥 − 4

3 𝑔(6) = 8. A function h satisfies ℎ(8) = −3 3
In the 𝑥𝑦-plane, the point (3, 17) lies on the
and ℎ(6) = 5. What is the value of 𝑔(ℎ(6))?
graph of the function 𝑓(𝑥). What is the value
of 𝑎?
A) −3
B) 5
A) 2
C) 8
B) 4
D) 11
C) 9
D) 36
40. 𝑝(𝑥) = 𝑥 % + 2𝑥 − 𝑏
3
For the function 𝑝 defined above, b is a
constant and 𝑝(2) = 5. What is the value of 3 45. Two functions are defined as 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 % − 2
𝑝(−3)? and 𝑔(𝑥) = 2𝑥 − 3. Which of the following
expressions represents 𝑓(𝑔(𝑥)) ?
A) −18
B) 0 A) 2𝑥 % − 5
C) 5 B) 2𝑥 % − 11
D) 12 C) 4𝑥 % − 12𝑥 + 7
D) 4𝑥 % − 12𝑥 − 11
"#$
2 41. For the function 𝑓(𝑥) = , what is the value
!
of 𝑓 +$ (𝑥)?
46. The function 𝑓 is defined by the given
3
!"+$ equation below. What is the product of
A) 𝑓(𝑎 − 4) and 𝑓(𝑎), where 𝑎 > 4 ?
!
B) 3𝑥 − 1 𝑥
"#$ 𝑓(𝑥) =
C) 𝑥+4
!
+"+$ .#'
D) +! A) .+'
'
B)
3 42. In the 𝑥𝑦-plane, the point (2, 8) lies on the .#'
.+'
graph of the function 𝑓(𝑥) = 2𝑥 ! − 𝑡𝑥 − 6. C)
.
What is the value of 𝑡? .+'
D) .#'

3 47. The function 𝑓 is defined by

𝑓(𝑥) = 3𝑥 % − 5𝑥 + 10. If the function
𝑓(𝑥 − 2) is written in the form 𝑎𝑥 % + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐,
3 43. 𝑥 𝑘(𝑥) what is the value of 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐?
−2 10
1 19
7 37
Some values of the linear function 𝑘 are
shown in the table above. What is the value of
𝑘(4)?

A) 22
B) 25
C) 27
D) 28

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48. The function 𝑓 is defined by the 4 52. For the function 𝑓, if 𝑓(10𝑥) = 2𝑥 − 8 for all
4
𝑓(𝑥) = (𝑥 − 𝑐)% , where 𝑐 is a constant. If values of 𝑥, what is the value of 𝑓(5)?
𝑓(4) = 𝑓(12), what is the value of 𝑓(2)?
A) −8
B) −7
C) −6
D) 0

49. Consider the functions 𝑓(𝑥) = √𝑥 and 3 53. For all values of 𝑥, there is a function g such 4
𝑔(𝑥) = 4𝑥 + 𝑏. In the standard coordinate that 3𝑔(𝑥) = 𝑔(5𝑥). If 𝑔(20) = 18, what is
plane, the function 𝑦 = 𝑓(𝑔(𝑥)) passes the value of 𝑔(4)?
through (5, 4). What is the value of b?

50. For the function 𝑔, if 𝑔(4𝑥) = 𝑥 − 8 for all 54. The function 𝑔 is defined by 4
4
values of 𝑥, what is the value of 𝑔(12) ? 𝑔(𝑡) = (𝑡 − 7)(𝑡 + 3)% . If 𝑔(𝑎 − 3) = 0,
what is one possible value of 𝑎?
A) −5
B) 2
C) 4
D) 5

51. Given functions 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 % + 6𝑥 − 7 and 55. The 2 functions 𝑓 and 𝑔 are defined as 4
𝑔(𝑥) = 3" , for what values of 𝑥 does 4 𝑓(𝑥) = 6𝑥 − 𝑎 and 𝑔(𝑥) = 4𝑥 + 4, where 𝑎
𝑔˜𝑓(𝑥)™ = 1? is a real number. If 𝑓˜𝑔(𝑥)™ = 𝑔(𝑓(𝑥)), then
what is the value of 𝑎?
A) 1 only
B) −1 and 7 only
C) 0 and −1 only
D) −7 and 1 only

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