Tutorial 1
Tutorial 1
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
3
x2 + x 4
1. Let f (x) = ( ) . Find the natural domain of f and the corresponding range of f .
x
x+2
2. Define g ∶ (1, ∞) → (0, ∞) by g(x) = ln .
x−1
(a) Show that g is injective.
(b) Show that g is surjective.
(c) Find the inverse of g.
3. Let f (x) = x2 − 2x + 6.
4. For each of the following, give a function satisfying all the conditions and plot its graph.
5. 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.)
−4
x
4
−3
1
Additional problems:
6. For each of the following, find the natural domain of the function and find the corresponding
range.
√
(a) f (x) = x2 − 1
x2 − 4x
(b) g(x) =
x2 − 3x − 4
∣x∣
(c) h(x) =
x+1
√
(d) j(x) = sin x − 1
7. 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
1
x
−1
−1