CAIE P1 2017 March — Question 8

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleP1 (Pure Mathematics 1)
Year2017
SessionMarch
TopicComposite & Inverse Functions

8 The functions f and g are defined for \(x \geqslant 0\) by $$\begin{aligned} & \mathrm { f } : x \mapsto 2 x ^ { 2 } + 3
& \mathrm {~g} : x \mapsto 3 x + 2 \end{aligned}$$
  1. Show that \(\operatorname { gf } ( x ) = 6 x ^ { 2 } + 11\) and obtain an unsimplified expression for \(\operatorname { fg } ( x )\).
  2. Find an expression for \(( \mathrm { fg } ) ^ { - 1 } ( x )\) and determine the domain of \(( \mathrm { fg } ) ^ { - 1 }\).
  3. Solve the equation \(\mathrm { gf } ( 2 x ) = \mathrm { fg } ( x )\).