CAIE P1 2007 November — Question 11

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleP1 (Pure Mathematics 1)
Year2007
SessionNovember
TopicComposite & Inverse Functions

11 The function f is defined by \(\mathrm { f } : x \mapsto 2 x ^ { 2 } - 8 x + 11\) for \(x \in \mathbb { R }\).
  1. Express \(\mathrm { f } ( x )\) in the form \(a ( x + b ) ^ { 2 } + c\), where \(a\), \(b\) and \(c\) are constants.
  2. State the range of f .
  3. Explain why f does not have an inverse. The function g is defined by \(\mathrm { g } : x \mapsto 2 x ^ { 2 } - 8 x + 11\) for \(x \leqslant A\), where \(A\) is a constant.
  4. State the largest value of \(A\) for which g has an inverse.
  5. When \(A\) has this value, obtain an expression, in terms of \(x\), for \(\mathrm { g } ^ { - 1 } ( x )\) and state the range of \(\mathrm { g } ^ { - 1 }\).