Medium Questions

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1 (a) The diagram shows the graph of f (x ) = a cos bx + c for 0 ≤ x ≤ radians.
3

Explain why f is a function.

(1 mark)

(b) Write down the range of f .

(1 mark)

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2 g(x ) = 3 + for x ≥ 1 .
x

(i) Find an expression for g −1 (x ) .

[2]

(ii) Write down the range of g −1 .

[1]

(iii) Find the domain of g −1 .

[2]

(5 marks)

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3 (a) It is given that f (x ) = 5 ln(2x + 3) for x > − .
2

Write down the range of f .

(1 mark)

(b) Find f −1 and state its domain.

(3 marks)

(c) On the axes below, sketch the graph of y = f (x ) and the graph of y = f −1 (x ) . Label
each curve and state the intercepts on the coordinate axes.

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 (5 marks)

4 f (x ) = 4 ln(2x − 1)

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 (i) Write down the largest possible domain for the function f .
[1]

(ii) Find f −1 (x ) and its domain.

[3]

(4 marks)

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5 h(x ) = 2 ln(3x − 1) for x ≥ .
3
The graph of y = h(x ) intersects the line y = x at two distinct points. On the axes
below, sketch the graph of y = h(x ) and hence sketch the graph of y = h −1 (x ) .

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 (4 marks)

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Hard Questions
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1 It is given that h(x ) = a + , where a and b are non-zero constants.
x2

(i) Explain why – 2 ⩽ x ⩽ 2 is not a suitable domain for h(x ) .

(ii) Given that h(1) = 4 and h'(1) = 16 , find the values of a and b .

(3 marks)

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2 (a) f : x ↦ (2x + 3) 2 for x > 0

Find the range of f .

(1 mark)

(b) Explain why f has an inverse.

(1 mark)

(c) Find f −1 .

(3 marks)

(d) State the domain of f −1 .

(1 mark)

(e) Given that g : x ↦ ln(x + 4) for x > 0 , find the exact solution of fg(x ) = 49.

(3 marks)

3 g(x ) = x + 5 for x ∈ℝ
3
h(x ) = 2x − 3 for x ≥
2

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Solve gh(x ) = 7.

(3 marks)

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4 (a) The functions f and g are defined as follows.

f (x ) = x 2 + 4x for x ∈ R
g(x ) = 1 + e2x for x ∈ R

Find the range of f .

(2 marks)

(b) Write down the range of g .

(1 mark)

(c) Find the exact solution of the equation fg(x ) = 21, giving your answer as a single
logarithm

(4 marks)

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5 (a) f (x ) = x 2 + 2x − 3 for x ≥ − 1

Given that the minimum value of x 2 + 2x − 3 occurs when x = − 1 , explain why f (x )

has an inverse.

(1 mark)

(b) On the axes below, sketch the graph of y = f (x ) and the graph of y = f −1 (x ) . Label
each graph and state the intercepts on the coordinate axes.

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Very Hard Questions
1 f (x ) = 3e2x + 1 for x ∈ℝ
g(x ) = x + 1 for x ∈ℝ

(i) Write down the range of f and the range of g .

(ii) Find g2 (0) .

(iii) Hence find fg2 (0) .

(iv) On the axes below, sketch the graphs of y = f (x ) and y = f – 1 (x ) .

State the intercepts with the coordinate axes and the equations of any asymptotes.

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2 (a) The function f is defined by f (x ) = ln(2x + 1) for x ≥ 0 .

Sketch the graph of y = f (x ) and hence sketch the graph of y = f −1 (x ) on the axes
below.

(3 marks)

(b) The function g is defined by g(x ) = (x − 4) 2 + 1 for x ≤ 4 .

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(i) Find an expression for g −1 (x ) and state its domain and range.
[4]

(ii) Find and simplify an expression for fg(x ) .

[2]

(iii) Explain why the function gf does not exist.

[1]

(7 marks)

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3 (a) f (x ) = 3 + ex for x ∈ ℝ
g(x ) = 9x − 5 for x ∈ ℝ

Find the range of f and of g .

(2 marks)

(b) Find the exact solution of f −1 (x ) = g'(x ) .

(3 marks)

(c) Find the solution of g2 (x ) = 112 .

(2 marks)

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