OCR C3 — Question 6

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleC3 (Core Mathematics 3)
TopicComposite & Inverse Functions

6. The functions \(f\) and \(g\) are defined by $$\begin{aligned} & \mathrm { f } : x \rightarrow 1 - a x , \quad x \in \mathbb { R }
& \mathrm {~g} : x \rightarrow x ^ { 2 } + 2 a x + 2 , \quad x \in \mathbb { R } \end{aligned}$$ where \(a\) is a constant.
Find, in terms of \(a\),
  1. an expression for \(\mathrm { f } ^ { - 1 } ( x )\),
  2. the range of g . Given that \(g f ( 3 ) = 7\),
  3. find the two possible values of \(a\).