OCR C3 — Question 4

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleC3 (Core Mathematics 3)
TopicModulus function

4. The function f is defined by $$\mathrm { f } ( x ) \equiv x ^ { 2 } - 2 a x , \quad x \in \mathbb { R }$$ where \(a\) is a positive constant.
  1. Showing the coordinates of any points where the graph meets the axes, sketch the graph of \(y = | \mathrm { f } ( x ) |\). The function \(g\) is defined by $$\mathrm { g } ( x ) \equiv 3 a x , \quad x \in \mathbb { R } .$$
  2. Find \(\mathrm { fg } ( \mathrm { a } )\) in terms of \(a\).
  3. Solve the equation $$\operatorname { gf } ( x ) = 9 a ^ { 3 }$$