Function Notation and Operations: Solving Examples and Finding Domains, Study notes of Pre-Calculus

Solutions to various examples of function notation and operations, including finding function values, determining even or odd functions, and calculating difference quotients. It also covers compositions of functions and their domains.

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Topic 3
Function Notation and Operations with Functions
Example 1: Let find f(2t).
Example 2: Let find f(a+ t).
Example 3: Let
find:
a. f(10)
b. f(2)
c. f(-5)
Example 4: The graph of y = f(x) is shown below. Find: f(4), f(0)
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x
xf
=
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Topic 3Function Notation and Operations with Functions Example 1: Let

find

f (

t ).

Example 2: Let

find

f ( a + t

).

Example 3: Letfind:a.

f (10) b.

f (2) c.

f (-5) Example 4: The graph of

y = f

( x

) is shown below.

Find:

f (4),

f (0)

, 5

3 ) (^

x x

x f^

=

, 3

) (^

2 −

=

x

x f

⎧⎪⎨ ⎪⎩

< < −

− ≤

3

if

, 1

3

1 if

,

1

if , 5

2

) (^

2

x

x

x

x

x

x f

-^ -^ -^ -^

1

2

3

4

5

(^321) -1 -2 -

x

y

Example 5: The absolute value function is a piecewise defined function.Example 6: Let

find

f ( x

  • 1).

Example 7:Example 8: Given

and

find

Example 9:Example 10:

and

Example 11:

if

,

if ,

(^

x

x

x

x

x

x f

(^

2

x

x

x f

and 5

Given

2

x x g x x x

f^

(^

)^

domain. its

and ) (

find

x g f^

o

(^

x

x

x f^

(^

x

x g

(^

)^

domain. its

and ) ( x g f^

o , 3 3 ) (

and

Given

x

x

g

x

x

f^

(^

domain.

its

and

find

x

f

g

o

Given

x

x g

(^

)^

find

g

g

o , 4 1 ) (

and 1

) (

Given

− +

x

x

x g

x

x

x f^

(^

)^

find

g f^

o

Example 20:

find

(gf)(x

) and its domain.

Example 21:

and

Given

x x g x x f

domain. its

and ) (

find

x

f^ g

and

Given

2

x x g x x f