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Function operations and inverses worksheet for Precalculus

Precalculus adds, multiplies and composes linear and quadratic functions, reads compositions from a table, and finds and graphs inverses. Expect to expand squares of binomials as part of the work, and to substitute a whole expression wherever x appears, not just a number.

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Function Operations and Inverses

Date Period

Answer each question.

  1. Add, subtract, multiply and divide functions

    Given f(x)=−7x+1 and g(x)=−2x2−x+5, find (f+g)(x)
  2. Given f(x)=−7x−5 and g(x)=2x2−x−4, find (f+g)(x)
  3. Given f(x)=7x+12 and g(x)=2x2−3x+2, find (fg)(x)

  1. Compose the functions

    Given f(x)=−9x−9 and g(x)=2x2+2x+3, find f(g(x))
  2. f(x)=3x2−1 and g(x)=x−2. Find g(g(x))
  3. Given f(x)=7x+11 and g(x)=−x2−4x−3, find f(g(x))
  4. f(x)=3x2−6 and g(x)=2x−5. Find f(g(x))
  5. Given f(x)=−8x−11 and g(x)=−3x2−5x+1, find f(g(x))
  6. f(x)=2x2−3 and g(x)=−x−6. Find f(f(x))

  1. Find the inverse

    Find the inverse of f(x)=52x−23
  2. Find the inverse of f(x)=x−6
  3. Find the inverse of f(x)=−75x−41
  4. Find the inverse of f(x)=(x−4)3−2
  5. Find the inverse of f(x)=−60x+18
  6. Find the inverse of f(x)=3x3+5

  1. Evaluate a composition from a table

    Use the table to find f(g(3)). x1234f(x)1124g(x)3343
  2. Use the table to find f(g(f(3))). x1234f(x)2343g(x)1131
  3. Use the table to find f(f(2)). x1234f(x)1431g(x)1233

  1. Graph a function and its inverse

    Graph f(x)=12x and its inverse on the same grid.−10−10−5−5551010
  2. Graph f(x)=13x−1 and its inverse on the same grid.−10−10−5−5551010

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Function Operations and InversesAnswer keyVersion 3

Date Period

Answer each question.

  1. Add, subtract, multiply and divide functions

    Given f(x)=−7x+1 and g(x)=−2x2−x+5, find (f+g)(x)−2x2−8x+6
  2. Given f(x)=−7x−5 and g(x)=2x2−x−4, find (f+g)(x)2x2−8x−9
  3. Given f(x)=7x+12 and g(x)=2x2−3x+2, find (fg)(x)14x3+3x2−22x+24

  1. Compose the functions

    Given f(x)=−9x−9 and g(x)=2x2+2x+3, find f(g(x))−18x2−18x−36
  2. f(x)=3x2−1 and g(x)=x−2. Find g(g(x))x−4
  3. Given f(x)=7x+11 and g(x)=−x2−4x−3, find f(g(x))−7x2−28x−10
  4. f(x)=3x2−6 and g(x)=2x−5. Find f(g(x))12x2−60x+69
  5. Given f(x)=−8x−11 and g(x)=−3x2−5x+1, find f(g(x))24x2+40x−19
  6. f(x)=2x2−3 and g(x)=−x−6. Find f(f(x))8x4−24x2+15

  1. Find the inverse

    Find the inverse of f(x)=52x−23f−1(x)=x+2352
  2. Find the inverse of f(x)=x−6f−1(x)=x2+6, x≥0
  3. Find the inverse of f(x)=−75x−41f−1(x)=−x−4175
  4. Find the inverse of f(x)=(x−4)3−2f−1(x)=x+23+4
  5. Find the inverse of f(x)=−60x+18f−1(x)=−x+1860
  6. Find the inverse of f(x)=3x3+5f−1(x)=x−533

  1. Evaluate a composition from a table

    Use the table to find f(g(3)). x1234f(x)1124g(x)33434
  2. Use the table to find f(g(f(3))). x1234f(x)2343g(x)11312
  3. Use the table to find f(f(2)). x1234f(x)1431g(x)12331

  1. Graph a function and its inverse

    Graph f(x)=12x and its inverse on the same grid.−10−10−5−5551010ff−1y = xf−1(x)=2x, the mirror image of f across y=x
  2. Graph f(x)=13x−1 and its inverse on the same grid.−10−10−5−5551010ff−1y = xf−1(x)=3x+3, the mirror image of f across y=x

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How to do these

Given f(x)=x2−2x and g(x)=x+3, find f(g(x))

  1. Replace every x in f with (x + 3): (x + 3)² - 2(x + 3).
  2. Expand: x² + 6x + 9 - 2x - 6.
  3. Combine like terms.

The answer is x2+4x+3.

Where students go wrong

Squaring only the x. (x + 3)² is x² + 6x + 9, not x² + 3, and putting g in without parentheses loses the middle term.

Also called combining functions or functions review.

What you can put on this worksheet

Evaluate a function at a value
Given f(x)=−3x+5, find f(2) → −1
Add and multiply functions
Given f(x)=x+3 and g(x)=−3x−3, find (f+g)(x) → −2x
Compose two functions
Given f(x)=x+3 and g(x)=−3x−3, find f(g(x)) → −3x
Find the inverse of a linear function
Find the inverse of f(x)=3x+4 → f−1(x)=x−43
At a number
f(x)=3x+3, g(x)=−2x+1. Find g(f(−2)) → 7
More operations on functions
f(x)=x2+3x+3, g(x)=−2x+2. Find (fg)(−1) → 4
Are they inverses?
Are f(x)=4x+4 and g(x)=x−44 inverses? → Yes
A quadratic outside, or f(f(x))
f(x)=2x2+3 and g(x)=−2x+1. Find f(g(x)) → 8x2−8x+5
From a table
Use the table to find g(f(2)). x1234f(x)3331g(x)2314 → 1
Cubics, cube roots and square roots
Find the inverse of f(x)=x−53−5 → f−1(x)=(x+5)3+5
Graph a function and its inverse
Graph f(x)=−12x−4 and its inverse on the same grid. → f−1(x)=−2x−8, the mirror image of f across y=x
Fractions and decimals in, powers and binomials in, a finite domain
Given g(x)=−3x2+5x. Find g(−5x) → g(−5x)=−75x2−25x

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Precalculus is usually taken around 11th or 12th grade, though schools vary and plenty of students meet it earlier or later. Pick the difficulty rather than the grade: the easy level suits a first lesson on it, the hard level suits review before a test.

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Yes. There are three levels, and you can tick more than one for a sheet that mixes them, in which case the questions come out easiest first. The harder levels are not just larger numbers: they ask for something the easy ones do not.

You pick from 12: evaluate a function at a value, add and multiply functions, compose two functions, find the inverse of a linear function, at a number, more operations on functions, are they inverses?, a quadratic outside, or f(f(x)), from a table, cubics, cube roots and square roots, graph a function and its inverse and fractions and decimals in, powers and binomials in, a finite domain. Tick as many as you want and set how many of each, or let it spread them evenly.

Doing the functions in the order they are written. f(g(x)) applies g first even though f is on the left. Working the other way gives a different answer nearly every time, which is why the two are worth checking against each other.