Senior Secondary Oxford Mathematics for the New Century 5A 3 More about Graph of Functions

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(Refer to Book 5A P.3.2)

Review

Basic Concepts of Functions

For two variables x and y (where the ranges of values of x and y are known), if each value of x has
one (and only one) corresponding value of y, then
(a) y is a function of x, where x is the independent variable and y is the dependent variable;
(b) the range of values of x is called the domain of the function;
(c) the range of values of y is called the co-domain of the function.

Values of Functions
We can substitute different values of x into a function f (x) to obtain the corresponding values of the
function.
e.g. If f (x) = 3x2 – 2,
(i) f (2) = 3(2)2 – 2 (ii) f(m – 1) = 3(m – 1)2 – 2 (iii) f(–2x) – 1 = [3(–2x)2 – 2] – 1
= 10 = 3m2 – 6m + 3 – 2 = 3(4x2) – 3
= 3m2 – 6m + 1 = 12x2 – 3

1. If f (x) = x2 + 2x + 3, find the values of the following.

(a) f (3) (b) f (‒1)
2
f (3) = ( ) + 2( )+ 3
=

(c) f (0) + f (2) (d) f (1) ‒ f (‒2)

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2. If f (x) = 5x – 1 and g(x) = x2 + 3x – 4, find the values of the following.

(a) f (3) + g(–2) (b) f (4)  g(2)

3. If f (x) = x2 + x, find
(a) f (2a), (b) f (‒a).

4. Let h(x) = 5 – m – x + x2, where m is a constant. It is given that h(4) = 12.

(a) Find the value of m.

(b) Find h(b ‒ 1).

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Transformations of Points in a Rectangular Coordinate Plane

Translation
The table shows the image of P (x, y) after translating it by n units.
Direction of translation Image Coordinates of the image

to the right n units (x + n, y)

(rightwards)
P (x, y) (x + n, y)

to the left (x – n, y)
n units
(leftwards)
(x ‒ n, y) P (x, y)

(x, y + n)
upwards (x, y + n)
n units

P (x, y)

P (x, y)
downwards (x, y – n)
n units

(x, y ‒ n)

Reflection
The table shows the image of P (x, y) after it is reflected with respect to the x-axis or the y-axis.
Axis of reflection Image Coordinates of the image

P (x , y)
x-axis y units
(x, –y)
x
y units
(x , –y)

y
y-axis x units
(–x, y)
x units

(–x , y) P (x , y)

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5. Refer to the figure. Find the coordinates of the image of P after each of y
the following transformations.
(a) P is translated to the left by 1 unit.
x
O

P(2 , ‒2)

(b) P is translated downwards by 3 units.

(c) P is reflected with respect to the x-axis.

(d) P is reflected with respect to the y-axis.

6. Find the coordinates of the image of P if P (‒5 , 2) is translated to the right by 2 units.

7. Find the coordinates of the image of P if P (1 , ‒2) is translated upwards by 5 units.

8. Find the coordinates of the image of P if P (‒3 , ‒4) is reflected with respect to the x-axis.

9. Find the coordinates of the image of P if P (‒5 , 2) is reflected with respect to the y-axis.

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