REVISION

TRANSFORMATION, INVERSE AND QUADRATIC

FUNCTIONS
1. Let f be the function given by f(x) = e0.5x, 0 ≤ x ≤ 3.5. The diagram shows the graph of f.

(a) On the same diagram, sketch the graph of f–1.

(3)

(b) Write down the range of f–1.

(1)

(c) Find f–1(x).

(3)
(Total 7 marks)

2. Let f (x) = loga x, x  0.

(a) Write down the value of

(i) f (a);

(ii) f (1);

(iii) f (a4 ).
(3)
(b) The diagram below shows part of the graph of f.
y

1
f

–2 –1 0 1 2 x

–1

–2

On the same diagram, sketch the graph of f−1.

(3)
(Total 6 marks)
3. The function f is given by f (x) = e(x–11) –8.

(a) Find f –1(x).

(b) Write down the domain of f –l(x).

Working:

Answers:

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

(b) ..................................................................

(Total 6 marks)

4. The function f is defined by

3
f :xa 3 – 2x , x .
2

Evaluate f –1(5).

Working:

Answer:

.......................................................................

(Total 4 marks)
5. Given that f (x) = 2e3x, find the inverse function f –1(x).

Working:

Answer:

.......................................................................

(Total 4 marks)

6. The diagram shows three graphs.

B
y
A

A is part of the graph of y = x.

B is part of the graph of y = 2x.

C is the reflection of graph B in line A.

 Write down

(a) the equation of C in the form y =f (x);

(b) the coordinates of the point where C cuts the x-axis.

Working:

Answers:

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

(b) ..................................................................

(Total 4 marks)

7. Let f(x) = 3x2. The graph of f is translated 1 unit to the right and 2 units down.
The graph of g is the image of the graph of f after this translation.

(a) Write down the coordinates of the vertex of the graph of g.

(2)

(b) Express g in the form g(x) = 3(x – p)2 + q.

(2)

The graph of h is the reflection of the graph of g in the x-axis.

(c) Write down the coordinates of the vertex of the graph of h.

(2)
(Total 6 marks)
8. Let f(x) = x2 and g(x) = 2(x – 1)2.

(a) The graph of g can be obtained from the graph of f using two transformations.
Give a full geometric description of each of the two transformations.
(2)

 3 
(b) The graph of g is translated by the vector   to give the graph of h.
  2
The point (–1, 1) on the graph of f is translated to the point P on the graph of h.
Find the coordinates of P.
(4)
(Total 6 marks)

9. Consider the graph of f shown below.

(a) On the same grid sketch the graph of y = f(–x).

(2)
The following four diagrams show images of f under different transformations.

(b) Complete the following table.

Description of transformation Diagram letter

Horizontal stretch with scale factor 1.5
Maps f to f(x) + 1
(2)

(c) Give a full geometric description of the transformation that gives the image in Diagram A.
(2)
(Total 6 marks)
10. The diagram below shows the graph of a function f(x), for –2 ≤ x ≤ 4.
(a) Let h(x) = f(–x). Sketch the graph of h on the grid below.

(2)

1
(b) Let g(x) = f(x – 1). The point A(3, 2) on the graph of f is transformed to the point P on the graph
2
of g. Find the coordinates of P.
(3)
(Total 5 marks)
11. Let f (x) = 3(x + 1)2 – 12.

(a) Show that f (x) = 3x2 + 6x – 9.

(2)

(b) For the graph of f

(i) write down the coordinates of the vertex;

(ii) write down the equation of the axis of symmetry;

(iii) write down the y-intercept;

(iv) find both x-intercepts.

(8)

(c) Hence sketch the graph of f.

(2)

(d) Let g (x) = x2. The graph of f may be obtained from the graph of g by the two transformations:

a stretch of scale factor t in the y-direction

followed by

 p
a translation of  .
q

 p
Find   and the value of t.
q
(3)
(Total 15 marks)
12. The following1 diagram shows the graph of y = f (x). It has minimum and maximum points at
1,
(0, 0) and ( 2 ).

3.5

2.5

1.5

0.5

–2 –1 0 1 2 3 x
–0.5

–1

–1.5

–2

–2.5

3
(a) On the same diagram, draw the graph of y  f ( x – 1)  .
2

(b) What are the coordinates of the minimum and maximum points of
3
y  f ( x – 1)  ?
2

Working:

Answer:

(b) ................................................................

(Total 4 marks)
13. The diagram shows the graph of y = f (x), with the x-axis as an asymptote.

B(5, 4)

A(–5, –4)

(a) On the same axes, draw the graph of y =f (x + 2) – 3, indicating the coordinates of the images of
the points A and B.
 (b) Write down the equation of the asymptote to the graph of y = f (x + 2) – 3.

Working:

Answer:

(b) ....................................................................

(Total 4 marks)

14. The following diagram shows part of the graph of a quadratic function f.

The x-intercepts are at (–4, 0) and (6, 0) and the y-intercept is at (0, 240).

(a) Write down f(x) in the form f(x) = –10(x – p)(x – q).
(2)
 (b) Find another expression for f(x) in the form f(x) = –10(x – h)2 + k.
(4)

(c) Show that f(x) can also be written in the form f(x) = 240 + 20x – 10x2.
(2)

A particle moves along a straight line so that its velocity, v m s–1, at time t seconds is given by
v = 240 + 20t – 10t2, for 0 ≤ t ≤ 6.

(d) (i) Find the value of t when the speed of the particle is greatest.

(ii) Find the acceleration of the particle when its speed is zero.
(7)
(Total 15 marks)

15. Let f(x) = 8x – 2x2. Part of the graph of f is shown below.

(a) Find the x-intercepts of the graph.

(4)
 (b) (i) Write down the equation of the axis of symmetry.

(ii) Find the y-coordinate of the vertex.

(3)
(Total 7 marks)

16. Let f(x) = 2x2 + 4x – 6.

(a) Express f(x) in the form f(x) = 2(x – h)2 + k.

(3)

(b) Write down the equation of the axis of symmetry of the graph of f.
(1)

(c) Express f(x) in the form f(x) = 2(x – p)(x – q).

(2)
(Total 6 marks)

17. Let f (x) = 2x2 – 12x + 5.

(a) Express f(x) in the form f(x) = 2(x – h)2 – k.

(3)

(b) Write down the vertex of the graph of f.

(2)

(c) Write down the equation of the axis of symmetry of the graph of f.
(1)

(d) Find the y-intercept of the graph of f.

(2)
 p q
(e) The x-intercepts of f can be written as , where p, q, r  .
r
Find the value of p, of q, and of r.
(7)
(Total 15 marks)

18. Consider two different quadratic functions of the form f (x) = 4x2 − qx + 25. The graph of each function
has its vertex on the x-axis.

(a) Find both values of q.

(b) For the greater value of q, solve f (x) = 0.

(c) Find the coordinates of the point of intersection of the two graphs.
(Total 6 marks)

19. A ball is thrown vertically upwards into the air. The height, h metres, of the ball above the ground after t
seconds is given by

h = 2 + 20t – 5t2, t  0

(a) Find the initial height above the ground of the ball (that is, its height at the instant when it is
released).
(2)

(b) Show that the height of the ball after one second is 17 metres.
(2)

(c) At a later time the ball is again at a height of 17 metres.

(i) Write down an equation that t must satisfy when the ball is at a height of 17 metres.

(ii) Solve the equation algebraically.

(4)
20. The figure below shows the graphs of the functions f (x) = 2x + 0.5 and g (x) = 4 − x2 for values of x
between –3 and 3.

y
f(x)
6

3 B

–3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 x

–3 g(x)

(a) Write down the coordinates of the points A and B.

(b) Write down the set of values of x for which f (x)  g (x).

(Total 6 marks)

21. The figure below shows the graphs of the functions y = x2 and y = 2x for values of x between –2 and 5.

The points of intersection of the two curves are labelled as B, C and D.

y
20

C
15

10

5 B

D A
x
–2 –1 1 2 3 4 5

(a) Write down the coordinates of the point A.

(2)
 (b) Write down the coordinates of the points B and C.
(2)

(c) Find the x-coordinate of the point D.

(1)

(d) Write down, using interval notation, all values of x for which 2x ≤ x2.
(3)
(Total 8 marks)

22. The profit (P) in Swiss Francs made by three students selling homemade lemonade is modelled by the
function

1 2
P=– x + 5x – 30
20

where x is the number of glasses of lemonade sold.

(a) Copy and complete the table below

x 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
P 15 90 75 50
(3)

(b) On graph paper draw axes for x and P, placing x on the horizontal axis and P on the vertical axis.
Use suitable scales. Draw the graph of P against x by plotting the points. Label your graph.
(5)
(c) Use your graph to find

(i) the maximum possible profit;

(1)

(ii) the number of glasses that need to be sold to make the maximum profit;
(1)

(iii) the number of glasses that need to be sold to make a profit of 80 Swiss Francs;
(2)

(iv) the amount of money initially invested by the three students.

(1)

(d) The three students Baljeet, Jane and Fiona share the profits in the ratio of 1:2:3 respectively. If they
sold 40 glasses of lemonade, calculate Fiona’s share of the profits.
(2)
(Total 15 marks)