FACULTY OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

UNIVERSITI TUN HUSSEIN ONN MALAYSIA

BWM10103

TUTORIAL 1

Function, Domain and Range

1. Use the terms domain, range, independent variable, and dependent variable to explain how a function relates one
variable to another variable.
2. Explain how the vertical line test is used to detect functions.
3. Does the independent variable of a function belong to the domain or range? Does the dependent variable belong to the
domain or range?
4. Determine the domains of the functions:

1
1
x
(b) y 2
(c) y 2
x2
x 9
x 4
x 1
5. Given f ( x) 2
, find (a) f (0); (b) f (1) ; (c) f (2a) ; (d) f (1/ x)
x 2
0 x 1
5,
10,
1 x 2

6. Sketch the graph of the function f ( x)

.
15,
2

20,
3 x 4
(a) y

Then, determine the domain and range of the function.

7. Let f ( x) x 2 2 x 3 . Evaluate (a) f (3) ; (b) f (3) ; (c) f ( x) (d) f ( x 2) (e) f ( x 2) .
8. Draw the graphs of the following functions, and find their domains and ranges.

x 1, 0 x 1
x2 4
(c) f ( x)
1 x
x2
2 x,

(a) f ( x) x 2 1 (b) f ( x)

(d) f ( x) 5 x 2

9. Determine the domain of each of the following functions:

(a) y x 2 4 (b) y
(f) y

1
9 x2

x 2 4 (c) y x 2 4 (d) y

x
2x
(e) y
x3
( x 2)( x 1)

x
x2 1
(g) y 2
(h) y
2 x
x 1

Answer:
4. (a)The function is defined for every value of x except 2 i.e x 2
(b) The function is defined for x 3 (c) Since x 2 4 0 for all x , the domain is the set of real numbers.
5. (a)

x x2
1
2
2a 1
(b)
(c)
(d)
2
3
4a 2 2
1 2x2

6. Domain: set of all positive real numbers; Range: set of integers, 5,10,15,20
7. (a) 6 (b) 18 (c) x 2 2 x 3 (d) x 2 2 x 3 (e) x2 6 x 11
8. (a) Domain: all numbers, Range: y 1 (b) Domain: x 0 , Range: 1 y or y 2
(c) Domain: x 2 , Range: y 4 (d) Domain: all numbers, Range: y 5
9. (a), (b), (g) all values of x ; (c) x 2 ; (d) x 3 ; (e) x 1, 2 ; (f) 3 x 3 ; (h) 0 x 2

Limits
1. If f ( x) 2 x 5 , examine what happens to the function as the value of x get closer and closer to 3.

3,
2,

x 1
x 1

1,
0,

x 1
x 1

2. Find the one-sided limits if f ( x)

3. Find the one-sided limits if f ( x)

4. Find the one-sided limits at x a if they exist.

(a). a 1

a 2

(b)

2
1
-1

-2

5. Find the one-sided and two-sided limits at x a if they exist.

(a). a 1
(a).
a 1

1
-1

1
6. Find
x 2

x 4
(e) lim 2
x 2 x 4
x3 27
(i) lim 2
x 3 x 9

25 x

(f) lim
x 4

(j) lim
x 2

(d) lim

x 2

x 2

x2
x 3 x 2
x4
(h) lim 2
x 4 x x 12

(c) lim ( x 4 x 1)

(b) lim (2 x 3)

(a) lim5 x

x 2 25
(g) lim
x 5 x 5
x2 x 2
(k) lim
2
x 1
x 1

4 x2
3 x2 5

7. Find

3x 2
(a) lim
x 9 x 7
2 x3
(e) lim 2
x x 1

6x2 2 x 1
(b) lim
x 5 x 2 3 x 4

x2 x 2
(c) lim
x
4 x3 1

(f) lim x 7 x 2 x 5
x

2 x3
(d) lim 2
x x 1

(g) lim x 7 x 2 x 5
x

8. Evaluate the following limits:

(a) lim( x 4 x)
2

x 2

(e) lim
x 2

x2
x2 4

9. Let f ( x)

x1

(f) lim
x 2

3x 1
(c) lim
x 1 x 1

x2
x 4
2

x 1 if x 4 and f ( x) x 2 4 x 1 if x 4 . Find

(a) lim f ( x)
x 4

(b) lim( x 2 x 3x 4)
3

(b) lim f ( x)
x 4

(c) lim f ( x)
x 4

(d) lim

x 1

x 2 3x 2
x2 4 x 3

10. Let f ( x) 10 x 7 if x 1 and f ( x) 3x 2 if x 1. Find

(a) lim f ( x)

(b) lim f ( x)

x 1

(c) lim f ( x)
x 1

x 1

Answer:
1. The limit of the function equals 11 as x approaches 3.
2. lim f ( x) 2 and lim f ( x) 3
x 1

x 1

3. lim f ( x) 0 and lim f ( x) 1

x 1

x 1

4. (a) lim f ( x) 0 and lim f ( x) 2

x 1

x 1

4. (b) lim f ( x) 1 and lim f ( x) 1

x 2

x 2

5. (a) lim f ( x) 2 and lim f ( x) 4 lim f ( x) does not exist

x 1

x 1

x 1

(a) lim f ( x) 1 and lim f ( x) 2 lim f ( x) does not exist

x 1

x 1

x 1

6. (a) 10; (b) 7; (c) -3; (d)

1
1
9
; (e) 0; (f) 3; (g) -10; (h) ; (i) ; (j) 6; (k) The limit does not exist
5
7
2

1
6
; (b) ; (c) 0; (d) ; (e) ; (f) ; (g)
3
5
1
1
8. (a) -4; (b) 0; (c) ; (d) ; (e) 0; (f) , no limit
2
2
7. (a)

9. (a) 1; (b) 1; (c) 1

10. (a) 3; (b) 5; (c) The limit does not exist.

Continuity
1. Determine whether the following functions are continuous at a .

2 x 2 3x 1
; a5
x2 5x
x2 1
,
x 1

(c) f ( x) x 1
; a 1
3,
x 1

(a) f ( x)

(b) f ( x)
(d) f ( x)

x 2; a 1

5x 2
; a4
x 9 x 20
2

2. Sketch the graphs of the following functions and determine whether they are continuous on the closed interval 0,1 :

1,

(a) f ( x) 0,
1,

x0
0 x 1
x 1

(d) f ( x) 1, 0 x 1

1
, x0
(b) f ( x) x
1, x 0
x,

(e) f ( x) 0,
x,

x 2 , x 0

(c) f ( x)

2
x , x0

x0
0 x 1
x 1

Answer:
1. (a) Yes, lim f ( x) f (5) (b) No, f (1) undefined (c) No, lim f ( x) 2 but f (1) 3 (d) No, f (4) undefined
x 5

x 1

2. (a) Yes; (b) No. Not continuous on the right at 0; (c) Yes; (d) No. Not defined at 0;
(e) No. Not continuous on the left at 1