RANGE OF A FUNCTION

Find the range of the following functions:

2 2 1
1. f  x   3 sin  x2 2. f  x   2
3. f  x   2
9 1 x x 1
1 1  3 cos x  4 
4. f x  5. f  x   6. f  x   log 7
2cos x  3 2  3 cos x
1
7. f  x   log 7
 3  4 cos x  8. f  x   log  sin1 x 2  x  1 9. f  x  
x 2  3x  2
e x  e x
10. f x  11. f  x   4 x  2 x  1 12. f  x   4 x  2 x  1
ex  e x
–1 2 x2 16
13. f(x) = cot (2x – x ) 14. f  x   2
15. f  x   x 2  2
x 1 x 1
1 x
16. f x  x 2
17. f  x   log  2x 5  3x 2  2  18. f  x   tan1 x 
x2  2 1  x2
2 2
1  x  5x  4 x  5x  4
19. f  x   x x in  , 4 20. f  x   2
21. f  x  
4  x  7x  10 x 2  3x  2
x2  x  7
22. f x  23. f  x   2esin x  e  sin x  3 24. f  x   e sin x  2e  sin x  3
x2  x  1
6x 2  22x  21 1
25. f x  26. f  x   2 x  2 x  1 27. f  x   3x 2 
5x 2  18x  17 x6
1 3x  1
28. f x   x2  , x > 0 29. f  x   ,x>0
x x2  x
 x2  e   x2  e 
30.  
f  x   log3 log1/ 2  x 2  4x  4  31. f  x   cos sinlog  2   sincoslog  2 
 x 1  x 1 
x2  1  1  1
32. f x  4
33. f  x   sin1  x 2    cos1  x 2  
x 1  2   2 
 1
34. f x  6  x  2 x  4 35. f  x   loglog  x  
 x
2
 sin x  cos x  3 2  
1 x  1
  x   x 
36. f  x   log2   37. f  x   sin  2  38. f  x   sin1  
 2   x 2  1 x  x 
39. f  x   8 2x  413x  2 40. f  x   log x  x 41. f  x   logx  x 
1
42. f  x   2x3  3x 2  12x  1 , x  [–3, 3] 43. f  x    x
2  x

3 3
44. f  x   cos1 x  cos1  x  45. f  x   sin1 x  cos1 x 46. f  x    sin1 x    cos 1 x 
47. f  x   sin x  sin1 x 48. f  x   sin1 x  cos1 x  tan1 x 49. f(x) = sin x + 4 cosec x + 1
x 4 3
50. f(x) = sin x – 4 cosec x + 1 51. f  x  
x 5
1  1 x 1 x
52. f x  sin x  tan 1 x   2 53. f  x  
 x  2x  5 1 x
f  x   logcosecx 1  2   sin x    sin x  
2
54. 55. f(x) = |sin x| + |cos x| 56. f  x   sec x  cosec x
57. 
f  x   tan1 log5 / 4  5x 2  8x  4   58. f(x) = sin2 x – 5 sin x – 6 59. f  x   x  x
x 1
60. For what real values of ‘a’ does the range of the function f  x   not contain any value from
1  x2  a
the interval [–1, 1]?
x 1
61. For what real values of ‘a’ does the range of the function f  x   contain the interval [0, 1]?
a  x2
sin2 x  sin x  1
62 f x  63. f(x) = x[x] – x{–x}
sin2 x  sin x  2

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x 1
64. For what real values of ‘a’ does the range of the function f  x   not contain any values
a  x2  1
belonging to the interval  1,  1/ 3 ?
x 2  4x  3
65. Find number of integral values of k for which the function f  x   assumes all real
x2  k
numbers.

ANSWER KEY (RANGE)

 3 3
1. 0,  2. (0, 2] 3. (–, –1]  (0, )
 2 
1  1 
4.  5 , 1 5. (–, –1]   ,   6. [0, 2]
 5 
  
7. (–, 2] 8. log , log  9. (–, –4]  (0, )
 3 2
3 
10. (–1, 1) 11.  ,   12. 1,  
4 
 
13.  4 ,  14. (–, 0]  (1, ) 15. [7, )
 
1     
16. 2,  17. R 18.  1  ,  1
   2 2 
 1 
19.  1  e , 256  20. R 21. R – {1, 3}
 
 e  
2 1   1 
22. (1, 9] 23.   e  3, 2e   3  24. 2 2  3, 2e   3 
e e   e 
 5
25. 1, 4  26. R 27. [4, )

28. 3  22 / 3 , 
  29. (–, 1] 30. R
 1 1 
31. [cos sin 1 + sin cos 1, 1 + sin 1) 32.  0,  
 2 2
33. {} 34.  2, 10  35. loglog2,  
    
36. [1, 2] 37.  ,  38. 0, 
6 2   6
39. [6, ) 40. (–, 0) 41.(–, 0]
 2 
42. [–6, 56] 43.  2  1, 
  44. 0,
 4


 2 2   3 7 3    
45.  ,  46.  ,  47. 0, sin1
 2 16   32 8   2 
  3 
48.  4 , 4  49. (–, –4]  [6, ) 50. (–, –2]  [4, )

 1   1 1  3 
51.  0,    ,  52.   , 1 53. (–1, 1)
 6   6 3  4 
54. R ~ {0} 55. 1, 2  56. 2 2, 
 
  
57.  4 , 2  58. [–10, 0] 59. [0, 1)
 
 5  3  2 11 1 
60.  61.  ,  1   1,  62.  , 
 4  7 2
 1  n 1  1
63.  4 ,   ~ 2  C2 , n  N 64.  ,   65. 7
   4

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