Inverse Function
Inverse Function
Learning Objectives
1. Define what is inverse function
2. Find the inverse of a function.
3. Solve problems involving inverse function.
4. Sketch the graph of an inverse function using the graph of the original function.
Learning Content
Inverse Function
Learning Resources
•https://mste.illinois.edu/courses/mat764fa05/folders/shorem/Unit%20Plan/UnitPlan/I
nverse_Functions.htm
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https://www.education.txstate.edu/ci/faculty/dickinson/PBI/PBIFall05/Sundial/Content/lesson
s/lesson4.html
Learning Procedures
Introduction:
In mathematics, an inverse function (or anti-function) is a function that "reverses"
another function: if the function f applied to an input x gives a result of y, then applying its
inverse function g to y gives the result x, and vice versa, i.e., f(x) = y if and only if g(y) = x.
This activity teaches students how to graph a function’s inverse when given the original
function. The activity walks students through a series of discrete and continuous functions for
which students will have to identify the domain and range, as well as the domain and range of
the inverse, and graph the inverse. By the end of the activity, students will be able to find the
inverse relation of a discrete function, graph the inverse relation of a discrete function, graph
the inverse relation of a continuous function, and identify domain and range for functions and
their inverses. This activity can be used at the end of a chapter on functions.
Interaction
Example 1:
So applying a function f and then its inverse f-1 gives us the original value back again:
f-1( f(x) ) = x
We could also have put the functions in the other order and it still works:
f( f-1(x) ) = x
Example 2:
Example 3:
Integration