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Inverse Relations and Functions Assignment

Find the inverse of each relation.
1. 𝒚 = 𝟒𝒙 2. 𝒚 = 𝟐𝒙𝟐 − 𝟑
𝒙 𝟏 −𝟏 𝟐 −𝟐 𝒙 𝟎 𝟏 𝟐 −𝟏
𝒚 𝟒 −𝟒 𝟖 −𝟖 𝒚 −𝟑 −𝟏 𝟓 −𝟏

𝒙 𝒙
𝒚 𝒚

3. 𝒙 4. 𝒚 = 𝟐𝒙
𝒚=
𝟐 𝒙 𝟎 𝟏 𝟐 −𝟏
𝒙 𝟐 𝟒 𝟔 𝟖 𝒚 𝟎 𝟐 𝟒 𝟐
𝒚 𝟏 𝟐 𝟑 𝟒

𝒙 𝒙
𝒚 𝒚

Use a horizontal line test to determine whether of the graph of each function is a one-to-one function.
5. 𝟓𝒙 6. 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟐
𝒇 𝒙 =
𝟕

y y
5 5

4 4

3 3

2 2

1 1
x x

-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5
-1 -1

-2 -2

-3 -3

-4 -4

-5 -5

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7. 𝟏 8. 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟑
𝒉 𝒙 =𝟐−
𝒙

y y
5 5

4 4

3 3

2 2

1 1
x x

-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5
-1 -1

-2 -2

-3 -3

-4 -4

-5 -5

Find an equation for the inverse of each of the one to one function.
9. 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟒 10. 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟓𝒙𝟑 + 𝟐

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Use the graph of each function to graph its inverse function.
13. 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟏

𝒙 −𝟏 𝟎 𝟏 𝟐 𝒙
𝒚 −𝟐 𝟏 𝟒 𝟕 𝒚

y
5 y
5

4 4

3 3

2 2

1 1
x x

-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5
-1 -1

-2 -2

-3 -3

-4 -4

-5 -5

14. 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟐𝒙𝟑 − 𝟒

𝒙 −𝟏 𝟎 𝟏 𝟐 𝒙
𝒚 −𝟔 −𝟒 −𝟐 𝟏𝟐 𝒚
y
y 5
5
4
4
3
3

2
2

1
1
x x

-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5
-1 -1

-2 -2

-3 -3

-4 -4

-5 -5

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Determine whether each function has an inverse function. If it does, find the inverse function and state any
restrictions on its domain.
15. 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟏
𝒇 𝒙 =
𝒙−𝟏

9 y
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1 x

-8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1-1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
-2
-3
-4
-5
-6
-7
-8
-9

16. 𝒇 𝒙 = −𝒙𝟑 + 𝟐

9 y
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1 x

-8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1-1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
-2
-3
-4
-5
-6
-7
-8
-9

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Show algebraically that 𝒇 and 𝒈 are inverse functions.

17. 𝒙+𝟐 18. 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒙−𝟏+𝟑

𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟐 𝟐
𝟑 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝒙−𝟑 +𝟏 𝒙≥𝟑

19. 𝟐 𝟐 + 𝟑𝒙 20. 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟏 𝒙−𝟏

𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒈 𝒙 =
𝒙−𝟑 𝒙 𝒙−𝟏 𝒙−𝟐

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ANSWERS
Find the inverse of each relation.
1. 𝒚 = 𝟒𝒙 2. 𝒚 = 𝟐𝒙𝟐 − 𝟑
𝒙 𝟏 −𝟏 𝟐 −𝟐 𝒙 𝟎 𝟏 𝟐 −𝟏
𝒚 𝟒 −𝟒 𝟖 −𝟖 𝒚 −𝟑 −𝟏 𝟓 −𝟏

𝒙 𝟒 −𝟒 𝟖 −𝟖 𝒙 −𝟑 −𝟏 𝟓 −𝟏
𝒚 𝟏 −𝟏 𝟐 −𝟐 𝒚 𝟎 𝟏 𝟐 −𝟏

3. 𝒙 4. 𝒚 = 𝟐𝒙
𝒚=
𝟐 𝒙 𝟎 𝟏 𝟐 −𝟏
𝒙 𝟐 𝟒 𝟔 𝟖 𝒚 𝟎 𝟐 𝟒 𝟐
𝒚 𝟏 𝟐 𝟑 𝟒

𝒙 𝟏 𝟐 𝟑 𝟒 𝒙 𝟎 𝟐 𝟒 𝟐
𝒚 𝟐 𝟒 𝟔 𝟖 𝒚 𝟎 𝟏 𝟐 −𝟏

Use a horizontal line test to determine whether of the graph of each function is a one-to-one function.
5. 𝟓𝒙 6. 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟐
𝒇 𝒙 =
𝟕

y y
5 5

4 4

3 3

2 2

1 1
x x

-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5
-1 -1

-2 -2

-3 -3

-4 -4

-5 -5

𝟓𝒙 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟐 is not a one − to − one function.

𝒇 𝒙 = is a one − to − one function.
𝟕

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7. 𝟏 8. 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟑
𝒉 𝒙 =𝟐−
𝒙

y y
5 5

4 4

3 3

2 2

1 1
x x

-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5
-1 -1

-2 -2

-3 -3

-4 -4

-5 -5

𝟏 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟑 is a one − to − one function.

𝒉 𝒙 =𝟐− is a one − to − one function.
𝒙

Find an equation for the inverse of each of the one to one function.
9. 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟒 10. 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟓𝒙𝟑 + 𝟐

𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟒 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟓𝒙𝟑 + 𝟐

𝒚 = 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟒 𝒚 = 𝟓𝒙𝟑 + 𝟐
𝒙 = 𝟔𝒚 − 𝟒 𝒙 = 𝟓𝒚𝟑 + 𝟐
𝒙 + 𝟒 = 𝟔𝒚 − 𝟒 + 𝟒 𝒙 − 𝟐 = 𝟓𝒚𝟑 + 𝟐 − 𝟐
𝒙 + 𝟒 = 𝟔𝒚 𝒙 − 𝟐 = 𝟓𝒚𝟑
𝒙+𝟒 𝒙−𝟐
=𝒚 = 𝒚𝟑
𝟔 𝟓
𝒙+𝟒
𝒇?𝟏 𝒙 = 𝟑 𝒙−𝟐
𝟔 =𝒚
𝟓

𝟑 𝒙−𝟐
𝒇?𝟏 𝒙 =
𝟓

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Use the graph of each function to graph its inverse function.
13. 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟏

𝒙 −𝟏 𝟎 𝟏 𝟐 𝒙 −𝟐 𝟏 𝟒 𝟕
𝒚 −𝟐 𝟏 𝟒 𝟕 𝒚 −𝟏 𝟎 𝟏 𝟐

y
5 y
5

4 4

3 3

2 2

1 1
x x

-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5
-1 -1

-2 -2

-3 -3

-4 -4

-5 -5

14. 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟐𝒙𝟑 − 𝟒

𝒙 −𝟏 𝟎 𝟏 𝟐 𝒙 −𝟔 −𝟒 −𝟐 𝟏𝟐
𝒚 −𝟔 −𝟒 −𝟐 𝟏𝟐 𝒚 −𝟏 𝟎 𝟏 𝟐
y
y 5
5
4
4
3
3
2
2
1
1
x
x
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5
-1
-1
-2
-2
-3
-3
-4
-4
-5
-5

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Determine whether each function has an inverse function. If it does, find the inverse function and state any
restrictions on its domain.
15. 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟏
𝒇 𝒙 =
𝒙−𝟏
𝟒𝒙 + 𝟏
9 y
𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒙≠𝟏
𝒙−𝟏
8
𝑫 = −∞, 𝟏 ∪ 𝟏, ∞ 𝑹 = −∞, 𝟒 ∪ 𝟒, ∞
7
6
5 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟏
𝒚=
4 𝒙−𝟏
3 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟏
2 𝒙=
1 x
𝒚−𝟏
𝒙 𝒚 − 𝟏 = 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟏
-8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1-1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
𝒙𝒚 − 𝒙 = 𝟒𝒚 + 𝟏
-2
𝒙𝒚 − 𝟒𝒚 = 𝒙 + 𝟏
-3
-4 𝒚(𝒙 − 𝟒) = 𝒙 + 𝟏
-5 𝒙+𝟏
-6
𝒚=
𝒙−𝟒
-7
-8
𝒙+𝟏
-9
𝒇?𝟏 𝒙 = 𝒙≠𝟒
𝟒𝒙 + 𝟏 𝒙−𝟒
𝒇 𝒙 = is a one − to − one function. 𝑫 = (−∞, 𝟒) ∪ (𝟒, ∞) 𝑹 = (−∞, 𝟏) ∪ (𝟏, ∞)
𝒙−𝟏
𝟒𝒙@𝟏
Therefore the inverse of 𝒇 𝒙 =
𝒙?𝟏
is a function.
16. 𝒇 𝒙 = −𝒙𝟑 + 𝟐

𝒇 𝒙 = −𝒙𝟑 + 𝟐 𝑫 = (−∞, ∞) 𝑹 = (−∞, ∞)

9 y
8
7
𝒚 = −𝒙𝟑 + 𝟐
6 𝒙 = −𝒚𝟑 + 𝟐
5 𝒙 − 𝟐 = −𝒚𝟑 + 𝟐 − 𝟐
4 𝒙 − 𝟐 = −𝒚𝟑
3
2
𝒚𝟑 = 𝟐 − 𝒙
𝟑
1 x 𝒚= 𝟐−𝒙
-8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1-1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
𝒇?𝟏 𝒙 =
𝟑
-2
𝟐−𝒙 𝑫 = (−∞, ∞) 𝑹 = (−∞, ∞)
-3
-4
-5
-6
-7
-8
-9

𝒇 𝒙 = −𝒙𝟑 + 𝟐 is a one − to − one function.

Therefore the inverse of 𝒇 𝒙 = −𝒙𝟑 + 𝟐 is a
function.

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Show algebraically that 𝒇 and 𝒈 are inverse functions.

17. 𝒙+𝟐 18. 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒙−𝟏+𝟑

𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟐
𝟑 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝒙−𝟑 𝟐+𝟏 𝒙≥𝟑
𝒈 𝒙 +𝟐 𝒇 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝒈 𝒙 −𝟏+𝟑
𝒇 𝒈 𝒙 =
𝟑 𝒇 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝒙−𝟑 𝟐 +𝟏−𝟏+𝟑
𝟑𝒙 − 𝟐 + 𝟐
𝒇 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝒇 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝒙−𝟑 +𝟑 𝟐
𝟑
𝟑𝒙 𝒇 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝒙−𝟑 +𝟑
𝒇 𝒈 𝒙 =
𝟑 𝒇 𝒈 𝒙 =𝒙
𝒇 𝒈 𝒙 =𝒙
𝟐
𝒈 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒇 𝒙 −𝟑 +𝟏
𝒈 𝒇 𝒙 =𝟑∗𝒇 𝒙 −𝟐 𝟐
𝒙+𝟐 𝒈 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒙−𝟏+𝟑−𝟑 +𝟏
𝒈 𝒇 𝒙 =𝟑∗ −𝟐 𝟐
𝟑 𝒈 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒙−𝟏 +𝟏
𝒈 𝒇 𝒙 =𝒙+𝟐−𝟐 𝒈 𝒇 𝒙 =𝒙−𝟏+𝟏
𝒈 𝒇 𝒙 =𝒙 𝒇 𝒙 =𝒙

19. 𝟐 𝟐 + 𝟑𝒙 20. 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟏 𝒙−𝟏

𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒈 𝒙 =
𝒙−𝟑 𝒙 𝒙−𝟏 𝒙−𝟐
𝟐∗𝒈 𝒙 −𝟏
𝟐 𝒇 𝒈 𝒙 =
𝒇 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝒈 𝒙 −𝟏
𝒈 𝒙 −𝟑 𝒙−𝟏
𝟐∗ −𝟏
𝟐 𝒇 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝒙−𝟐
𝒇 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝒙−𝟏
𝟐 + 𝟑𝒙 −𝟏
−𝟑 𝒙−𝟐
𝒙 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟐 − 𝒙 + 𝟐
𝟐
𝒇 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝒇 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝒙−𝟐
𝟐 + 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟑𝒙 𝒙−𝟏−𝒙+𝟐
𝒙 𝒙−𝟐
𝟐 𝒙
𝒇 𝒈 𝒙 =
𝟐
𝒇 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝒙−𝟐
𝒙 𝟏
𝒇 𝒈 𝒙 =𝒙 𝒙−𝟐
𝟐+𝟑∗𝒇 𝒙 𝒇 𝒈 𝒙 =𝒙
𝒈 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒇 𝒙 −𝟏
𝒇 𝒙 𝒈 𝒇 𝒙 =
𝟐 𝒇 𝒙 −𝟐
𝟐+𝟑∗ 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟏
𝒈 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒙 − 𝟑
𝟐 −𝟏
𝒈 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒙−𝟏
𝒙−𝟑 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟏
𝟐𝒙 − 𝟔 + 𝟔 −𝟐
𝒙−𝟏
𝒙−𝟑 𝟐𝒙 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟏 − 𝒙 + 𝟏
𝒈 𝒇 𝒙 = =
𝟐 𝟐 𝒈 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒙−𝟏
𝒙−𝟑 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟏 − 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟐
𝟐𝒙 𝒙−𝟏
𝟐𝒙 𝒙
𝒈 𝒇 𝒙 = −𝟑 =
𝒙
𝟐 𝟐 𝒈 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝒙−𝟏
𝒙−𝟑 𝟏
𝒈 𝒇 𝒙 =𝒙 𝒙−𝟏
𝒈 𝒇 𝒙 =𝒙

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