TUTORIAL 1 CALCULUS I
1. Find the domain and range of each function.
a.
𝑔(𝑥) = √𝑥 2 − 3𝑥
b.
2
𝐺(𝑡) =
𝑡2 − 16
2. Find the natural domain and graph the function
𝑔(𝑥) = √|𝑥|.
3. Graph the equation
|𝑥| + |𝑦| = 1
and explain why it is not a graph of function of 𝑥.
4. Graph the function
1 − 𝑥, 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 1,
𝑔(𝑥) = {
2 − 𝑥, 1 < 𝑥 ≤ 2.
5. Graph the functions. What symmetries, if any, do the graphs have? Specify the
intervals over the function is increasing and the intervals where it is decreasing.
a.
1
𝑦=−
𝑥
b.
𝑦 = √−𝑥
c.
𝑦 = (−𝑥)2/3
6. Determine whether the function is even, odd, or neither. Give reasons for your answer.
a.
𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 + 𝑥
b.
𝑥
𝑔(𝑥) =
𝑥2 −1
c.
cos 3𝑥
7. Find the domains and ranges of 𝑓, 𝑔, 𝑓 + 𝑔, and 𝑓 ⋅ 𝑔 where
𝑓(𝑥) = √𝑥 + 1, 𝑔(𝑥) = √𝑥 − 1.
8. Find the domains and ranges of 𝑓, 𝑔, 𝑓/𝑔, and 𝑔/𝑓 where
𝑓(𝑥) = 1, 𝑔(𝑥) = 1 + √𝑥.
9. If 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 − 1 and 𝑔(𝑥) = 1/(𝑥 + 1), find the following.
a. 𝑓(𝑔(1/2)) b. 𝑔(𝑓(1/2))
c. 𝑓(𝑔(𝑥)) d. 𝑔(𝑓(𝑥))
e. 𝑓(𝑓(2)) f. 𝑔(𝑔(𝑥))
10. Evaluate each expression using the functions
−𝑥, −2 ≤ 𝑥 < 0,
𝑓(𝑥) = 2 − 𝑥, 𝑔(𝑥) = {
𝑥 − 1, 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 2.
a. 𝑓(𝑔(0))
b. 𝑔(𝑓(3))
c. 𝑔(𝑔(−1))
11. Write formulas for 𝑓 ∘ 𝑔 and 𝑔 ∘ 𝑓 and find the domain and range of each where
1
𝑓(𝑥) = √𝑥 + 1, 𝑔(𝑥) = .
𝑥
12. Let
𝑓(𝑥) = 2𝑥 3 − 4.
Find a function 𝑔(𝑥) so that
(𝑓 ∘ 𝑔)(𝑥) = 𝑥 + 2.
13. Give an equation for the shifted graph.
Then sketch the original and shifted graphs together, labelling each graph with its
equation.
a. 𝑦 = 𝑥 3 Left 1, down 1
b. 𝑦 = 1/𝑥 Up 1, right 1
14. Graph the functions.
a. 𝑦 = √9 − 𝑥 b. 𝑦 = |1 − 𝑥| − 1
c. 𝑦 = 1 − 𝑥 2/3 d. 𝑦 = (𝑥 + 2)3/2 + 1
e. 𝑦 = (1/𝑥) − 2 f. 𝑦 = 1/(𝑥 + 2)2
15. Give an equation for the stretched or compressed graph.
a. 𝑦 = 𝑥 2 − 1, stretched vertically by a factor of 3
b. 𝑦 = 1 + 1/𝑥 2 , compressed vertically by a factor of 2
c. 𝑦 = √4 − 𝑥 2 , stretched horizontally by a factor of 2
d. 𝑦 = 1 − 𝑥 3 , compressed horizontally by a factor of 3.
16. Assume that 𝑓 is an even function, 𝑔 is an odd function, and both 𝑓 and 𝑔 are defined
on the entire real line. Which of the following (where defined) are even? odd?
a. 𝑓𝑔
b. 𝑓 ∘ 𝑔
17. Graph the functions. What is the period of each function?
a. − sin(𝜋𝑥/3) b. cos(𝑥 + 2𝜋/3)
18. Graph the functions. What is the period of each function? What symmetries do the
graphs have?
a. 𝑦 = cot 2𝑥 b. 𝑦 = − tan 𝜋𝑥
c. 𝑦 = sec(𝜋𝑥/2) d. 𝑦 = csc(𝑥/2)
19. Graph 𝑦 = sin 𝑥 and 𝑦 = ⌈sin 𝑥⌉ together. What are the domain and range of ⌈sin 𝑥⌉?
20. Solve for the angle 𝜃, where 0 ≤ 𝜃 ≤ 2𝜋.
a.
sin2 𝜃 = cos 2 𝜃
b.
cos 2𝜃 + cos 𝜃 = 0
21. For
2𝜋
𝑓(𝑥) = 𝐴 sin ( (𝑥 − 𝐶)) + 𝐷,
𝐵
identify 𝐴, 𝐵, 𝐶, and 𝐷 for the sine function
1 1
𝑦 = sin(𝜋𝑥 − 𝜋) +
2 2
and sketch its graph.
Final Answer
1. a. 𝐷𝑔 = (−∞, 0] ∪ [3, ∞), 𝑅𝑔 = [0, ∞)
b. 𝐷𝐺 = (−∞, −4) ∪ (−4,4) ∪ (4, ∞) 𝑅𝐺 = (−∞, −1/8) ∪ (0, ∞)
2. (−∞, ∞)
5. a. symmetric about the origin; decreasing nowhere; increasing on (−∞, 0) ∪ (0, ∞)
b. no symmetry; decreasing on (−∞, 0]; increasing nowhere
c. symmetric about the 𝑦-axis; decreasing on (−∞, 0]; increasing on [0, ∞)
6. a. neither b. odd c. even
7. 𝐷𝑓 = [−1, ∞) 𝑅𝑓 = [0, ∞)
𝐷𝑔 = [1, ∞) 𝑅𝑔 = [0, ∞)
𝐷𝑓+𝑔 = [1, ∞) 𝑅𝑓+𝑔 = [√2, ∞)
𝐷𝑓𝑔 = [1, ∞) 𝑅𝑓𝑔 = [0, ∞)
8. 𝐷𝑓 = (−∞, ∞) 𝑅𝑓 = {1}
𝐷𝑔 = [0, ∞) 𝑅𝑔 = [1, ∞)
𝐷𝑓/𝑔 = [0, ∞) 𝑅𝑓/𝑔 = [0,1]
𝐷𝑔/𝑓 = [0, ∞) 𝑅𝑔/𝑓 = [1, ∞)
𝑥
9. a. −1/3 b. 2 c. − 𝑥+1
1 𝑥+1
d. 𝑥 e. 0 f. 𝑥+2
10. a. 3 b. 1 c. 0
1+𝑥
11. (𝑓 ∘ 𝑔)(𝑥) = √ 𝐷𝑓∘𝑔 = (−∞, −1] ∪ (0, ∞) 𝑅𝑓∘𝑔 = (1, ∞)
𝑥
1
(𝑔 ∘ 𝑓)(𝑥) = 𝐷𝑔∘𝑓 = (−1, ∞) 𝑅𝑔∘𝑓 = (0, ∞)
√𝑥+1
3 𝑥+6
12. √ 2
1
13. a. 𝑦 = (𝑥 + 1)3 − 1 b. 𝑦 = 𝑥−1 + 1
1 1
15. a. 3𝑥 2 − 3 b. 2 + 2𝑥 2
1
c. 2 √16 − 𝑥 2 d. 1 − 27𝑥 3
16. a. odd b. even
17. a. 6 b. 2𝜋
18. a. 𝜋/2; origin b. 1; origin
c. 4; 𝑦-axis d. 4𝜋; origin
19. Domain = (−∞, ∞); Range = {−1,0,1}
20. a. 𝜋/4, 3𝜋/4, 5𝜋/4, 7𝜋/4 b.𝜋/3, 𝜋, 5𝜋/3
21. 𝐴 = 1/2, 𝐵 = 2, 𝐶 = 1, 𝐷 = 1/2