THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
MATH1013 University Mathematics II
Tutorial 1
3
x2 + x 4
1. Let f (x) = ( ) . Find the natural domain of f and the corresponding range of f .
x
2. Let f (x) = x2 − 2x + 6.
(a) Find the natural domain of f and the corresponding range of f .
(b) Find the largest possible interval I containing 0 such that f has an inverse if we restrict
its domain to be I (and its codomain to be the range).
(c) Find the inverse function of f in part (b).
3. For each of the following, give a function satisfying all the conditions and plot its graph.
draw a horizontal line that intersect
(a) a monotonic increasing function which is not injective with the graph at most one times
(b) an injective function with domain R and range (−∞, −2] ∪ (1, ∞)
(c) a surjective and periodic function with domain R
surjective
4. The figure below shows the entire graph of a function f with codomain R. Find the domain
and the range of f , and determine whether it is injective, surjective, monotonic increasing,
monotonic decreasing, odd and even. (You should interpret the graph in the most reasonable
way.)
test by f(-x) = f(x) / -f(x) not the definition
y
−4
x
4
−3
5. (a) Show that cos 3θ = 4 cos3 θ − 3 cos θ for any θ ∈ R.
(b) Hence or otherwise, solve the equation 8x3 − 6x − 1 = 0, and express the roots in terms of
the trigonometric functions. (You may use the fact that there are at most three distinct
roots to a cubic equation.)
1
x+y
6. (a) Show that for any x, y ∈ R, tan−1 x + tan−1 y = tan−1 + nπ for some n = −1, 0, 1.
1 − xy
(b) As shown in the figure, there are 3 identical squares. Using part (a) or otherwise, find
α + β + γ.
γ β α
Additional problems:
7. For each of the following, find the natural domain of the function and find the corresponding
range.
x2 − 4x
(a) f (x) =
x2 − 3x − 4
√
(b) g(x) = sin x − 1 domain
⎧
⎪ 1
⎪
⎪
⎪ if x < 0,
⎪ ∣x + 2∣
(c) h(x) = ⎨
⎪
⎪ 1
⎪
⎪
⎪ if x > 0
⎩ x+1
8. The entire graph of a function f is shown in the figure below.
1
x
−1
−1
(a) Find the domain and the range of f .
(b) Determine the intervals on which f is monotonic increasing and monotonic decreasing.
(c) Is f an odd function? Is it an even function?
2
9. For each of the following functions (defined on the natural domain and with codomain R),
determine whether it is injective, surjective, monotonic increasing, monotonic decreasing, odd,
even and periodic.
2
(a) f (x) = 3x −1
(b) g(x) = − ∣sin x + tan x∣
1
(c) h(x) = ln
x+1
10. Solve each of the following trigonometric equations.
(a) cos2 x = 3 sin2 x
(b) 2 cos2 x + 5 sin x = −1
(c) sin 4x = 4 sin2 x sin 2x
11. As shown in the figure, find cos θ, sin θ, cos 2θ and sin 2θ.
x
θ
(−5, −12)
12. Prove the following identities.
1
(a) sin x cos y = [sin (x + y) + sin (x − y)]
2
1
(b) cos x cos y = [cos (x + y) + cos (x − y)]
2
1
(c) sin x sin y = − [cos (x + y) − cos (x − y)]
2
x+y x−y
(d) sin x + sin y = 2 sin cos
2 2
x+y x−y
(e) cos x + cos y = 2 cos cos
2 2
13. (a) Find sin (tan−1 4).
(b) Simplify sin (tan−1 x) where x is a real number.