SAEP Matric Success – Zisukhanyo

Maths Worksheet
Tuesday 24th February 2009

Functions, Inverses and Logarithms

Definition of a function.
1. State, with explanation, which of the following functions are one-to-one:
a) f ( x ) = 3 − x
b) g ( x ) = x 3
c) h( x ) = x
d) p( x ) = −3
1
e) t ( x ) =
x
f) k ( x ) = x 2 − 2 x − 8

Linear
2. a) if the point (p;7) lies on the line y = 3 x − 5 what does p equal?
1 1
b) What are the co-ordinates of the points of intersection of the graph x − y = 1 with
2 4
the axes?

c) Which one of the following lines is parallel to 2 x + y −1 = 0 ?

y = 2x +3 ; 2 y + x +1 = 0 ; 2x + y = 3 ; x = 2 y +1

d) Which one of the following lines is perpendicular to 2 x + y −1 = 0 ?

y = 2x +3 ; 2 y + x +1 = 0 ; x = 2 y +1 ; 2 y + x =1

Quadratics
3. Solve for x
a) 12 x 3 − 4 x 2 − 5 x = 0
b) 3(1 − x ) 2 − 2(1 − x ) −1 = 0
3x 2 + 2 x + 3 12
c) + 2 =7
1 3x + 2 x + 3
3x 2 + x −1 1
d) + 2 =0
1 3x + x − 3
e) 14 +17 x − 2 x 2 = x + 2
f) 6 − x + 2 = x + 2
g) ( 2 x 2 + x ) − 6 x 2 − 3x + 2 = 0
2

6  1
h) 3 x −1 + 1 = x ≠ 
3 x −1  3

4. Solve for x by completing the square

2ax 2 − 5bx + ab = 0
5. a) Solve for x: x − 2 = 2 − x
b) Hence find the value(s) of p if p 2 − p −2 = 2 + p − p 2

6. a) Sketch the graph of y = −x 2 − 3x + 4

b) On the same set of axes, draw the graph of x + y = 4

Inverses
7. For each of the functions listed below, restrict the domain if necessary then find an
inverse function f −1 , give the domain and range of f −1 , and sketch the graphs
y = f ( x ) , y = x and y = f −1 ( x ) on the same system of axes [ x ∈ R ] :
a) f ( x ) = 3 x
b) f ( x ) = −x
c) f ( x ) = x − 3
1
d) f ( x ) = x −1
2

8. g −1 : x 
→ − x
a) Write down the domain and range of g −1
b) Determine g.
c) Draw sketch graphs of g and g −1 on the same system of axes.

Remainder Theorem
9. Use the Remainder Theorem to determine the remainder when a(x) is divided by b(x)
in each of the following cases:
a) a( x ) = 2 x 3 − x 2 + 3 x − 8 b( x ) = x + 2
b) a( x ) = 5 x − 6 x + 2
2
b( x ) = x +1
c) a( x ) = x − 2 x −12
3
b( x ) = x − 2
d) a( x ) = 8 x − 4 x − 5
4 2
b( x ) = 2 x +1

10. When f ( x ) = ax 3 + bx 2 − 4 x + 6 is divide by x − 2 , the remainder is 2. When it is

divided by x −1 , the remainder is 1. Determine the values of a and b.