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Example Question #8 : Evaluate Functions

Find the value of g(t) when $t=\frac{3\pi}{4}$

$g(t)=5\cos(t)-5\sin(t)$

Possible Answers:

$-5\sqrt{2}$

Correct answer:

$-5\sqrt{2}$

Explanation:

Find the value of g(t) when $t=\frac{3\pi}{4}$

$g(t)=5\cos(t)-5\sin(t)$

To evaluate this expression, plug in the given value of everywhere you see a and simplify:

$g(\frac{3\pi}{4})=5\cos(\frac{3\pi}{4})-5\sin(\frac{3\pi}{4})=5(\frac{-\sqrt{2}}{2}-\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2})=5(\frac{-2\sqrt{2}}{2})=-5\sqrt{2}$

$5(\frac{-2\sqrt{2}}{2})=-5\sqrt{2}$

So our answer is:

$-5\sqrt{2}$

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Example Question #9 : Evaluate Functions

If z(x) =-( -2x-3) , what is z(4) ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

In order to evaluate this function, simply substitute the value of as a replacement of .

z(4) =-( -2(4)-3)

Simplify using the order of operations.

z(4) =-( -2(4)-3) = -(-8-3) = -(-11) = 11

The answer is:

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Example Question #41 : Functions

Evaluate f(x) for $x=\frac{3\pi}{4}$ .

f(x)=sin^2(x)

Possible Answers:

$-\frac{1}{2}$

$\frac{3}{4}$

$\frac{1}{2}$

$\frac{\sqrt2}{2}$

Correct answer:

$\frac{1}{2}$

Explanation:

We evaluate the function when $x=\frac{3\pi}{4}$ .

$f(\frac{3\pi}{4})=sin^2(\frac{3\pi}{4})=(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2})^2=\frac{2}{4}=\frac{1}{2}$

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Example Question #31 : Relations And Functions

Find the domain of f(x) below

$\frac{\sqrt{x-7}}{x^3+1}$

Possible Answers:

[-1,7]

$(-\infty,-1) \cup (7,\infty)$

$[7,\infty)$

$(-\infty,7)$

Correct answer:

$[7,\infty)$

Explanation:

We have x^3+1=(x+1)(x^2-x+1). We have $x^2-x+1\ >0$ for all real numbers. x+1=0 when x=-1 . The denominator is undefined when x=-1 .

The nominator is defined if $x\ge 7$ .

The domain is: $\{x\in \mathbb{R}: x\ne -1 \}\cap \{x\in \mathbb{R}: x\ge 7\}=\{x\in \mathbb{R}: x\ge 7\}$

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Example Question #32 : Relations And Functions

The domain of the following function

$f(x)=\frac{1}{\sqrt{x-1}-1}$

is:

Possible Answers:

$(1,2)\cup (2,\infty)$

(1,2)

$(1,2]\cup (2,\infty)$

$(2,\infty)$

$(-\infty,1)$

Correct answer:

$(1,2)\cup (2,\infty)$

Explanation:

$\sqrt{x-1}$ is defined when $x\ge 1$ . Since we do not want $\sqrt{x-1}$ to be 0 in the denominator we must have $x\ >1$ . $\sqrt{x-1}-1=0$ when x=2.

Thus we need to exclude 2 also. Therefore the domain is:

$$\{x\in \mathbb{R} : x>1\cap x\neq 2\}=(1,2)\cup (2,\infty)$

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Example Question #42 : Functions

Find the range of the following function:

f(x)=7

Possible Answers:

$\text{Range of } f= {7}$

$\text{The set of real numbers}$

$\text{The set of positive integers}$

{1}

$\text{The set of negative integers}$

Correct answer:

$\text{Range of } f= {7}$

Explanation:

Every element of the domain has as image 7.This means that the function is constant . Therefore,

the range of f is :{7}.

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Example Question #34 : Relations And Functions

What is the domain of the following function:

$f(x)=\frac{1}{1+\sqrt x}$

Possible Answers:

$\text{The domain is :}$

$\{ x\in \mathbb{R}}| x \ge 0\}$

$\text{The set of real numbers}$ $\{-1,1\}$

$\text{The set of real numbers}$

$\text{The set of real numbers}$ $\mathbb{R}-\{ 0,1\}$

$\text{The set of real numbers except 0}$

Correct answer:

$\text{The domain is :}$

$\{ x\in \mathbb{R}}| x \ge 0\}$

Explanation:

Note that in the denominator, we need to have $x\ge 0$ to make the square root of x defined. In this case $1+\sqrt x$ is never zero. Hence we have no issue when dividing by this number. Therefore the domain is the set of real numbers that are $\ge 0$

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Example Question #45 : Functions

Find the domain of the following function f(x) given below:

$f(x)=\sqrt{ x^3-1}$

Possible Answers:

$(-\infty,-1)\cup (1,\infty)$

$\{x \in \mathbb{R}: x\ge 1\}$

$\mathbb{R}$

$(-\infty, -1)$

$(-\infty, 1)$

Correct answer:

$\{x \in \mathbb{R}: x\ge 1\}$

Explanation:

x^3-1=(x-1)(x^2-x+1) . Since $(x^2-x+1)\ >0$ for all real numbers. To make the square root positive we need to have $x-1\ge 0$ .

Therefore the domain is :

$\{x\in\mathbb{R}: x\ge 1\}=[1,\infty)$

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Example Question #46 : Functions

What is the range of :

f(x)=1+2cos(x)

Possible Answers:

[-1,1]

[0,3]

$\text{The set of all the reals}$

[-1,3]

[-3,3]

Correct answer:

[-1,3]

Explanation:

We know that $-1\le cos(x)\le 1$ . So $-2\le 2cos(x)\le 2$ .

Therefore:

$1-2\le 1+2cos(x)\le 1+2$ .

This gives:

$-1\le 1+2cos(x)\le 3$ .

Therefore the range is:

[-1,3]

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Example Question #47 : Functions

Find the range of f(x) given below:

f(x)=x^2+2x+3

Possible Answers:

$(0,\infty)$

${}(-\infty,\infty)$

$[2,\infty)$

$[0,\infty)$

$(-\infty, 2)$

Correct answer:

$[2,\infty)$

Explanation:

Note that: we can write f(x) as :

x^2+2x+3=(x+1)^2+2 .

Since,

$(x+1)^2\ge 0 $ for all reals.$

Therefore,

$(x+1)^2+2\ge 2.$

So the range is $[2,\infty)$

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