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Inverse Functions

This document provides an overview of lesson objectives and content on inverse relations and functions: 1) The lesson will cover identifying inverse relations using past skills with function compositions, and graphing inverse relations to understand logarithms and exponents in Chapter 3. 2) An inverse function undoes what the original function did by reversing the roles of x and y when composing the functions. 3) To determine if two functions are inverses, take their compositions and check if they equal x; examples are provided.

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Inverse Functions

This document provides an overview of lesson objectives and content on inverse relations and functions: 1) The lesson will cover identifying inverse relations using past skills with function compositions, and graphing inverse relations to understand logarithms and exponents in Chapter 3. 2) An inverse function undoes what the original function did by reversing the roles of x and y when composing the functions. 3) To determine if two functions are inverses, take their compositions and check if they equal x; examples are provided.

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Today: Lesson 1.

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Objectives: -To use past skills of composition functions to identify inverse relations/ confirm inverse relations - To graph inverse relations
- Eventually. to use inverse relations to understand the relation of logarithms and exponentials in Chapter 3!!

Warm up: Going back to what we learned about compositions of functions Consider the functions f(x) = x2 4 and g(x) = x 4 Solve for (f o g)(x) and (g o f)(x) .

Definition of Inverse Functions (Algebraic)

g(x) and f(x) are inverses of each other if and only if f(g(x)) = x and g(f(x))= x Ex/ f(x) = 4x and g(x)= x/4
g(x) is referred to as the inverse function of f(x). Thus g(x) could more specifically be named f-1(x)

Notation: we identify an inverse function by labeling it with f-1(x)

Results
The roles of y and x change. x = independent variable y = dependent variable- what you are trying to solve for A reflection over the y = x line x 0 1 2 3 4 f(x) = x2 f(x) (aka y) 0 1 4 9

x f-1 (x)

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Steps TO DETERMINE IF TWO FUNCTIONS ARE INVERSES


TAKE THE COMPOSITION OF THE TWO FUNCTIONS f(g(x)) and g(f(x)). If the compositions equal x. you have inverse functions.

Examples: 16;27

Requirements of finding an inverse function


You know a function will produce an inverse function if the original function is one-to-one One-to-one: passes the vertical line test and the HORIZONTAL LINE TEST If a function is not one-to-one, the inverse relation will not be a functionjust a relation Consider f(x) = x2

y=x2

Steps TO FIND the inverse of a function:


1.) Change f(x) to y 2.) Reverse the roles of x and y 3.) Solve for y 4.) This is the undoing function, your inverse function, so just change y to f-1(x)
Ex 45

Homework
Section 1.8 pg. 83 #s 1-4; 16-20(ev; just a); 27-31; 42& 43(do graph) 45-47(no graph); 5662(ev)

The Inverse Relation


An inverse relation or and inverse function undoes what the original function did. f(x) = 1/2x3 + 4 To undo this function y = x3 + 4

y=x2
You can restrict the domain: (-, 0]

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To graph an inverse relation


Know if a function has an inverse functionhorizontal line test Pick plot points and reverse x/y roles or - Solve for the inverse function using the steps from yesterday. Graph

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