FUNCTIONS

CONCEPT BUILDING-01
1. Which of the following is a function ?
(i) {(2, 1), (2, 2), (2, 3), (2, 4)} (ii) {(1, 4), (2, 5), (1, 6), (3, 9)}
(iii) {(1, 2), (3, 3), (2, 3), (1, 4)} (iv) {(1, 2), (2, 2), (3, 2), (4, 2)}
2. Find the domains of definitions of the following functions :
(Read the symbols [*] and {*} as greatest and fractional part functions respectively.)

(i) f(x) = cos 2x  16  x 2 (ii) f(x) = log7 log5 log3 log2(2x3 + 5x2 – 14x)

1  5x
(iii) f(x) = ln  x 2  5x  24  x  2  (iv) f(x) =
7 x  7

 2log10 x  1 
(v) y = log10 sin(x – 3) + 16  x 2 (vi) f(x) = log100x  
 x 

1 x
(vii) f(x) = 2
+ ln x(x2 – 1) (viii) f(x) = log 1 2
4x  1 2
x 1

2 1 2 2
(ix) f(x) = x  | x |  2
(x) f(x) = (x  3x  10)  l n (x  3)
9x

cos x  (1/ 2)
(xi) f(x) = log x (cos 2x) (xii) f(x) =
6  35x  6x 2

[x]
(xiii) 
f(x) = log1/3 log 4 [x]2  5   (xiv) f(x) =
2x  [x]

(xv) f(x) = logx sin x

3. Find the domain & range of the following functions.

(Read the symbols [*] and {*} as greatest and fractional part functions respectively).

2x
(i) f(x) = log 5  2(sin x  cos x)  3  (ii) f(x) =
1 x2

x 2  3x  2 x
(iii) f(x) = 2 (iv) f(x) =
x  x 6 1 | x |

(v) f(x) = 2 + x – [x – 3] (vi) f(x) = log3 (5 + 4x – x2)

4. The range of the function f(x) = |x – 1| + |x – 2|, –1  x  3 is

(A) [1, 3] (B) [1, 5] (C) [3, 5] (D) None of these

5. The range of the function f(x) = 2|sin x| – 3|cos x| is :

(A) [–2, 13 ] (B) [–2, 3] (C) [3, 13 ] (D) [–3, 2]

6. (i) The function f(x) is defined on the interval [0, 1]. Find the domain of definition of the functions.

(a) f(sin x) (b) f(2x + 3)

(ii) Given that y = f(x) is a function whose domain is [4, 7] and range is [–1, 9]. Find the range and domain of

1
(a) g(x) = f(x) (b) h(x) = f(x – 7)
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CONCEPT BUILDING-02
1. Classify the following functions f(x) definzed in R  R as injective, surjective, both or none.
x2
(a) f(x) = (b) f(x) = x + |x|
1 x2
2 2
ex  e x
(c) f(x) = ex – e–x (d) f(x) = 2 2
e x  e x

 1  1
2. If f(x) = |x| and g(x) = [x], then value of fog    + gof    is
 4  4
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) –1 (D) 1/4
3. If f : R  R, f(x) = x3 + 3, and g : R  R, g(x) = 2x + 1, then f–1og–1(23) equals :
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) (14)1/3 (D) (15)1/3
4. Which of the following functions has its inverse :
(A) f : R  R, f(x) = ax (B) f : R  R, f(x) = |x| + |x – 1|
(C) f : R  R+, f(x) = |x| (D) f : [, 2]  [–1, 1], f(x) = cos x
 2, when x  Q
5. If function f(x) =  , (fof) 4 the value will be :
 0, when x  Q

(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 2 (D) None of these

1 x   3x  x 3 
6. If f(x) = log   and g(x) =  1  3x 2  , then f[g(x)] is equal to :
 1 x   

(A) – f(x) (B) 3f(x) (C) [f(x)]3 (D) None of these

7. If f : R  R, g : R  R and f(x) = 3x + 4 and (gof) (x) = 2x – 1, then the value of g(x) is :
1
(A) 2x – 1 (B) 2x – 11 (C) (2x – 11) (D) None of these
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8. If f : R  R, f(x) = x2 + 2x – 3 and g : R  R, g(x) = 3x – 4, then the value of fog(x) is :
(A) 3x2 + 6x – 13 (B) 9x2 – 18x + 5 (C) (3x – 4)2 + 2x – 3 (D) None of these
   
9. If f(x) = sin2 x + sin2  x   + cos x cos  x   and g(x) is a one-one function defined in R  R, then
 3  3
(gof) (x) is
(A) one-one (B) onto
(C) constant function (D) periodic with fundamental period 
10. Compute the inverse of the functions :
x
10 x  10 x

(a) f(x) = ln x  x 2  1  (b) f(x) = 2 x1 (c) y =
10 x  10 x

CONCEPT BUILDING-03
1. Find whether the following function are even or odd or none

x(a x  1)
(a) 
f(x) = log x  1  x 2  (b) f(x) =
a x 1
(c) f(x) = sin x + cos x

(d) f(x) = x sin2 x – x3 (e) f(x) = sin x – cos x

 1 1
2. Let f  x   = x2 + 2 (x  0), then f(x) equals :
 x x

(A) x2 – 2 (B) x2 – 1 (C) x2 (D) None of these

3. Find the period of following function :
(i) f(x) = |sin 2x| is :
(A) /4 (B) /2 (C)  (D)

 x   x 
(ii) f(x) = sin   + cos   is
 2   2 
(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 12 (D) 24
(iii) f(x) = log cos 2x + tan 4x is
(A) /2 (B) (C) 2 (D) 2/5
4. In the following which function is not periodic
(A) tan 4x (B) cos 2x (C) cos x2 (D) cos2 x
5. Suppose f is a real function satisfying f(x + f(x)) = 4f(x) and f(1) = 4. Find the value of f(21).
6. Let 'f' be a function defined from R+  R+. If [f(xy)]2 = x(f(y))2 for all positive numbers x and y and
f(2) = 6, find the value of f(50).
7. Let f(x) be a function with two properties
(i) for any two real number x and y, f(x + y) = x + f(y) and
(ii) f(0) = 2
Find the value of f(100).
8. The period of cos(x + 4x + 9x +....+ n2x) is /7, then n  N is equal to :
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5
9. Write explicitly, functions of y defined by the following equations and also find the domains of definition
of the given implicit functions :
(a) 10x + 10y = 10 (b) x + |y| = 2y

 1
10. Function f & g are defined by f(x) = sin x, x  R ; g(x) = tan x, x  R –  K   
 2

where K  I. Find

(i) Periods of fog & gof (ii) Range of the function fog and gof

ASSIGNMENT (Prilepko)
FUNCTION (DOMAIN AND RANGE)
Find the domains of definition of the following functions (1 – 112) ?
1. y  2x  x 2
2. y  x 1 x 1
3. y  x 1  6  x
4. y  x 2  5x  6

x3
5. y
5 x
6. f (x)  2  x  1  x
7. y  4x 2  4x  3
8. y  6  7x  3x 2
1
9. y  2 x
x 1
1
10. y 2
2x  5x  3
11. f (x)  4x  x 3
12. f (x)  3x  x 3
1
13. y 3
x x2

4  3x  x 2
14. y
x4
 3x  7
15. y 6
x 1  2

12  x  x 2
16. f (x) 
x(x  2)

6
17. y  5 x 
x
18. f (x)  x 2  x  20  6  x

x2  x  6
19. f (x) 
x2  4

x  12  x 2
20. y
x2  9
4 x 2
 1 1
21. y  
 2 x 1

17  15x  2x 2
22. y
x3

7x
23. y
2
4x  19x  12

x 2  7x  12
24. y
x 2  2x  3

x 2  5x  6
25. y
x 2  6x  8
26. y  x  x 2  3x  x 2  2
1
27. y  x 2  x  20 
2
x  5x  14
1
28. y  x 2  x  20
2
14  5x  x

x 4  3x 2  x  7
29. y 1
x 4  2x 2  1
1
30. f (x) 
sin x  cos 4 x
4

31. f (x) = arcsin 3x

32. f (x)  (sin x  cos x) 2  1
Maths IIT-JEE ‘Best Approach’ (MC SIR) Functions

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cos x 
33. y 2
6  35x  6x 2

log3 (x 2  1)
34. y
sin 2 x  sin x  0.25
1
35. y
3  log 3 (x  3)

x5
36. y
log(9  x)

3log 64 x  1
37. f (x)  3
2x  11
x2
38. y  log 2
x2
x3
39. f (x)  log
x 1
40. y  log(x  1)

x 2  8x  7
41. y  log .
x2  7
42. y  1  x  log  x  1 .
43. y  x  1  log 1  x  .
44. y = log ((x2 – 3x) (x + 5)).
45. y  4x  x 2  log 3 (x  2).

46. y  x 2  4x  5  log(x  1).

47. f (x)  log(5x 2  8x  4)  x  1.
48. y  x 2  4x  5  log(x  5).

log(3  2x  x 2 )
49. y
x

3 x
50. y  log .
x

1  2x
51. y  log .
x3
52. f (x)  4 x  x  log(x  2).

x 2  5x  6
53. y
log(x  10) 2
 log x
54. y .
x 2  2x  63

5x  x 2
55. y  log .
4

56. y  (x 2  3x  10) log 2 (x  3).

57. f (x)  log(1  4  x 2 ).

58. y  log(5x 2  8x  4)  (x  3)0.5 .

1  5x
59. y .
7x  7
60. y  4x  x 2  log(x 2  1).

4x
61. y  1  log(x  1)  .
x2

x 1
62. y  log 0.3 .
x5

63. y  log 0.4 (x  x 2 )

64. y  log 0.3 (x 2  5x  7).

65. y  log 0.5 (x 2  9)  4

x 1 1
66. y  log 0.4  2 .
x  5 x  36
1
67. f (x)  log 0.5 ( x 2  x  6)  2
.
x  2x

 log 0.3 (x  1)
68. y .
 x 2  2x  8

69. f (x)  16x  x 5  log 1 (x 2  1).

2

x
70. y  log 1 2
.
2
x 1

3x 2 18x  29
71. f (x)  4 x 3
 26x 17 .

72. y  log0.5 (3x  8)  log0.5 (x 2  4).

73. f (x)  4x  x 3  log(x 2  1).

 1
74. y 4 log 4 16  log8 (x 2  4x  3).
2

 2 x  1
75. f (x)  log 4  2  4 x 
 x  2 

3x  4 x
76. y .
2x 2  x  8

  6  
77. f (x)  log 2   log 1 1  4   2 .
 2
 x 

6x  x 2  5
78. y .
5x  2  1
x
79. y .
2
x  5x  6
80. y   x 2  2x  3  log 3 (x  1)
x
81. y  log – x – 3.
x–2

x 2 – 2x
82. f (x)  .
log 5 (x –1)
83. f (x) = log2x–5 (x2 – 3x – 10).
2
6 (x –2)
84. f (x)  4x  8 3 – 52 – 22(x –1) .
1
 2 – f ' (x)  2
85. y  log1.7  ,
 x  1 

1 3 3
where f (x)  x 3 – x 2 – 2x  .
3 2 2
log 0.3 | x – 2 |
86. y .
|x|

87. y  6 x  x 2 – 2x 3 .
x
88. y x–4–  log (39 – x).
x –5
89. y = log (1 – log (x2 – 5x + 16)).
 3x –1 
90. y  log 0.5  – log 2 .
 3x  2 
91. y  log log x – log (4 – log x) – log 3.
92. y  log x –2 (x 2 – 8x  15) .

93. y  log  8–2 log x – 3 42–log x 

2 log x  1
94. y  log100x .
–x
  1  
95. y  log 2  – log 1 1  4  –1 .
 2
 x 
96. y = log|x| – 4 2.
97. y  sin x  16 – x 2 .
98. y = log (log2 x – 5 log x + 6)
x 1
99. y  log 1
2
3x  5

100. y  log sin(x  3)  16  x 2

log x
101. y
2
x  2x  63
x3
102. y  arcsin  log(4  x)
2
3  2x
103. y  3  x  arcsin
5
x 2  2x  3
log(0.5  x )
4x 2  4x 3
104. y  (x  0.5)
2 log x  2
105. y  log100x
x
2x  1
106. y  arccos
2 2x
2
107. y  arccos
2  sin x
108. y  3sin x  1

x
109. y  2sin
2
1
110. y
4 cos x  1
111. y  2 cos 2 x  3cos x  1
112. y  sin 2 x  sin x
 Find the domains of definition and the ranges of the following functions (113 – 120).
x
113. y
|x|

114. f (x)  x  x 2
115. y  3x 2  4x  5
116. y = log (3x2 – 4x + 5)
117. y = log (5x2 – 8x + 4)
118. f (x)  x  1  2 3  x

sin x  cos x  3 2
119. f (x)  log 2
2
120. f (x)  2  x  1  x
 ANSWER KEY
CONCEPT BUILDING-01
1. D
 5 3       3 5   1
2. (i)  4 , 4     4 , 4    4 , 4  (ii)  4,  2   (2, ) (iii) (–, –3]
       

 1   1 1 
(iv) (–, –1)  [0, ) (v) (3 – 2 < x < 3 – ) (3 < x  4) (vi)  0,    , 
 100   100 10 

1  5  1  5 
(vii) (–1 < x < –1/2)  (x > 1) (viii)  ,0    ,   (ix) (–3, –1] {0}  [1, 3)
 2   2 
(x) {4} [5, ) (xi) (0, 1/4) (3/4, 1) {x : x N, x  2}
1  5  1 
(xii)   ,    ,6  (xiii) [–3, –2) [3, 4) (xiv) R –  ,0
 6 3  3   2 
(xv) 2K < x < (2K + 1) but x  1 where K is non-negative integer
3. (i) D : x  R ; R : [0, 2] (ii) D : x  R ; R : [–1, 1]
(iii) D : {x | x R ; x – 3 ; x 2};R : {f(x) | f(x) R, f(x) 1/5 ; f(x) 1}
(iv) D : R ; R : (–1, 1) (v) D : x R ; R : [5, 6)
(vi) D : x (–1, 5) ; R : (–, 2]
4. B
5. D
6. (i) (a) 2K x  2K +  where K I (b) [–3/2, –1]
(ii) (a) Range : [–1/3, 3], Domain = [4, 7] ; (b) Range [–1, 9] and domain [11, 14]

CONCEPT BUILDING-02
1. (a) Neither injective nor surjective (b) Neither injective nor surjective
(c) Both injective and surjective (d) Neither injective nor surjective
2. B 3. A 4. D 5. A 6. B
7. C 8. B 9. C
ex  e x log 2x 1 1 x
10. (a) ; (b) ; (c) log
2 log 2x  1 2 1 x

CONCEPT BUILDING-03
1. (a) odd, (b) even (c) neither odd nor even (d) odd
(e) neither odd nor even
2. A 3. (i) B (ii) A (iii) B 4. C
5. 64 6. 30 7. 102 8. B
x
9. (a) y = log (10 – 10 ), –  < x < 1 (b) y = x/3 when – < x < 0 & y = x when 0  x < + 
10. (i) period of fog is , period of gof is 2 ; (ii) range of fog is [–1, 1], range of gof is [– tan 1, tan 1]
 ASSIGNMENT (prilepko)
Answer key
1. D(y)  [0, 2] 2. D(y)  [1,1]
3. D(y)  [1, 6] 4. D(y)  ( , 2]  [3,  )
5. D(y)  [ 3,5) 6. D(f )  [1, 2]
7. D(y)  [1/ 2, 3 / 2] 8. D(y)  [2 / 3, 3]
9. D(y)  [ 2,1)  (1,  ) 10. D(y)  ( , 1/ 2)  (3, )
11. D(f )  ( , 2]  [0, 2] 12. D(f )  ( ,  3]  [0, 3]
13. D(y)  (,1)  (1, ) 14. D(y)  (4,1]
15. D(y)  [7 / 3, 63)  (63,  ) 16. ( 3, 0)  (0, 2)  (2, 4]
17. D(y)  ( , 0)  [2,3] 18. D(f )  ( , 4]  [5, 6]
19. D(f )  ( , 3]  (2, ) 20. D(y)  (3,3)  (3, 4]
21. D(y)  [ 2,1)  (1, 2] 22. D(y)  (3,1]
23. D(y)  ( ,3 / 4)  (4, 7] 24. D(y)  ( , 1)  (4, )
25. D(y)  (, 4)  (2, 2]  (2,  ) 26. D(y)  {1}
27. D(y)  ( , 4]  (7, ) 28. D(y)  [5, 7)
29. D(y)  [ 2, 1)  ( 1,1)  (1,3] 30. D(f )  ( , ]
31. D(y)  (, 0] 32. D(f )  {[ n, (2n  1) / 2] | n  z}
33. D(y)  ( 1 / 6,  / 3]  [5 / 3, 6)
  5   5 13    π
34. D(y)    2n,  2n     2n;   2n  | n  z  , R   nππ  (1) n 
 6 6   6 6    6
35. D(y)  (3, 30)  (30, ) 36. D(y)  [5,8)  (8,9)
37. D(f )  [4,11/ 2)  (11/ 2,  ) 38. D(y)  ( , 2)  (2,  ]
39. D(y)  ( , 3)  ( 1,  ) 40. D(y)  [0, )
41. D(y)  (, 7)  (1, ) 42. D(y)  (1,1)
43. D(y)  [1,1) 44. D(y)  ( 5, 0)  (3, )
45. D(y)  (2, 4] 46. D(y)  [1, )
47. D(f )  (2, ) 48. D(y)  [1, )
49. D(y)  (0,1) 50. D(y)  (0, 3 / 2)
51. D(y)  (–3, –2 / 3] 52. D(f )  [0, )
53. D(y)  (– , –11)  (11, 10)  (10, 9)  (9, 2]  [3,  )
54. D(y)  (9, – ) 55. D(y)  [1, 4]
56. D(y)  {4}  [5, ) 57. D(f )  (2,  3)  ( 3, 2]
58. D(y)  (3, 2 / 5)  (2, ) 59. D(y)  (, 1)  [0, )
60. D(y)  (1, 4] 61. D(y)  (1, 4)
62. D(y)  (1, ) 63. D(y)  (0,1)
64. D(y)  [2,3] 65. D(y)  [5, 3)  (3,5]
66. D(y)  (1, 6)  (6, )
67. D(f )  ( 2, (1  21) / 2]  [1  21) / 2,3) 68. D(y)  [2, 4) 69. D(f )  (, 2)
70. D(y)  [(1  5) / 2, 0)  [(1  5) / 2, ) 71. D(f )  ( , 7]  ( 3, )
72. D(y)  (8 / 3, ) 73. D(f )  ( , 2]  (1, 2]
74. D(y)  [1,1)  (3,5] 75. D(f )  [0,1)
76. D(f )  ( ; (1  65) / 4  [0, (1  65) / 4) 77. D(f )  (0,16]
78. D(y)  [1, 2)  (2, 5] 79. D(y)  (, 2)  (3,  )
80. D(y)  (1,3] 81. D(y)  [3,  )
82. D(f )  (2, ) 83. D(f )  (5,  )
84. D(f )  [3,  ) 85. D(y)  (, 1)  (1, 4)
86. D(y)  (1, 2)  (2,3] 87. D(y)  (, 1 / 2]  [0,1]
88. D(y)  [4, 5)  (5,39) 89. D(y)  (2, 3)
90. D(y)  (1/ 3,  ) 91. D(y)  [103 ,104 )
92. D(y)  [4  2,3)  [4  2,  ) 93. D(y)  (100, )
94. D(y)  (0,102 )  (102 ,101/ 2 ) 95. D(y)  (0,1)
96. D(y)  (  , 5)  ( 5, 4)  (4, 5)  (5,  )
97. D(y)  [ 4, ]  [0, ] 98. D(y)  (0,102 )  (103 , )
99. D(y)  (, 5 / 3)  (1,  ) 100. D(y)  (3  2,3  )  (3, 4]
101. D(y)  (9, ) 102. D(y)  [1, 4)
103. D(y)  [1,3]
104. D(y)  (1/ 2,1/ 2)  (1/ 2,1)  (3 / 2, )
105. D(y)  (0,102 )  (102 ,101 ) 106. D(y)  {1/ 2}
107. D(y)  {[2n, (2n  1)] | n  z}
108. D(y)  {[2n  arcsin(1/ 3); (2n  1)  arcsin(1 / 3)] | n  z}
109. D(y)  {[4n, 2(2n  1)] | n  z}
110. D(y)  {((2n  1)  arccos(1 / 4), (2n  1)  arccos(1/ 4)) | n  z}
111. D(y)  {[(6n  1) / 3, (6n  1) / 3] | n  z}
112. D(y)  {(4n  1) / 2 | n  z}  {[ (2m  1), 2(m  1)] | m  z}
113. D(y)  (, 0)  (0, ), E(y)  {1,1}
114. D(f )  [0,1], E(f )  [0,1/ 2]
115. D(y)  (, ), E(y)  [ 11/ 3,  )
116. D(y)  (, ), E(y)  [log(11/ 3);  )
117. D(y)  (, ), E(y)  [log(4 / 5),  )
118. D(f )  [1,3], E(f )  [ 2, 10]
119. D(f )  ( , ), E(f )  [1, 2]
120. D(f )  [ 1, 2], E(f )  [ 3, 6]