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MA914 Pen & Paper Homework 6 Fall 2010

(1) Evaluate exactly. (Note: None of the expressions simplifies to 4.)
(a) sin−1 (sin 4)
(b) cos−1 (cos 4)
(c) tan−1 (tan 4)
(d) sin(sin−1 4)
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(2) Solve the equations for α for α in [0, 2π]. Give exact answers if possible.
√
(a) 2 cos α = − 3

(b) 2 sin α + 4 = 3
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√
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(3) Suppose sin(θ) = − and θ is in the fourth quadrant. Find the exact values for
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the cos(θ) and the tan(θ). Fill in the blanks.

(a) The exact value of cos(θ) = .

(b) The exact value of tan(θ) = .

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ax
(4) Suppose f (x) = , find and simplify
a+x
(a) f (a)
(b) f (1 − a)
µ ¶
1
(c) f
1−a
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(5) For g(x) = x2 − 2x, evaluate and simplify:

g(x + h) − g(x)
h
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(6) Bronze is an alloy or mixture of the metals copper and tin. The properties of
bronze depend on the percentage of copper in the mix. A chemist decides to study
the properties of a given alloy of bronze as the proportion of copper is varied. She
starts with 9 kg of bronze that contain 3 kg of copper and 6 kg of tin and either
adds or removes copper. Let f (x) be the percentage of copper in the mix if x kg of
copper are added (x > 0) or removed (x < 0).
(a) State the domain and range of f . What does your answer mean in the context
of bronze?
(b) Find a formula in terms of x for f (x).
(c) Find the domain and range, algebraically, of the function in part (b).
Ignore the fact that the function has to do with bronze and view it as an
abstract function.
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(7) (a) If u(v(x)) = √ , find possible formulas for u(x) and v(x).
1+ x
Do not use u(x) = x or v(x) = x.
(b) If f (x) = x2 + 5x and g(x) = 2 − x, find a formula for f (g(x)).
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(c) If p(q(x)) = and q(x) = 1 + x, find a formula for p(x).
2+x
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(8) Let f (x) = 2x and g(x) = f (f (x)).

(a) Evaluate the following exactly: f (0), g(0) and g(g(0)).
(b) Evaluate the following exactly: f −1 (1), f −1 (16), and g −1 (16).
Note that you need not find a formula for f −1 (x).
(c) Evaluate the following exactly: f −1 (5) and g −1 (5).
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(9) Answer the following questions.

(a) Check that the pair of functions arer inverses.

x−1
(i) f (x) = 1 + 7x3 and f −1 (x) = 3
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2y + 1
(ii) g(y) = g −1 (y) =
3y − 2

3 + ln(x − 5)
(b) Find a formula for f −1 (x) if f (x) = .
3 − ln(x − 5)
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(10) Given f −1 (x) = 200(1.05)x .

(a) Find a formula for f (x).
(b) Solve f −1 (x) = 250 exactly.
(c) Solve f (x) = 0 exactly.
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(11) The table below gives some values of the functions f , g, and h. Here f , g, h are
invertible and defined for all values of x. Furthermore, h(x) = f −1 (x).

x f (x) g(x) h(x)

3
2 −4 1
2

3
−4 5 −2
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Evaluate the following expressions, or if the given information is insufficient, write

“unknown”.

(a) f (g(2))

(b) g −1 (−4)

(c) (g(−4))−1

(d) h(f (3))