MCR3U Transformations of Functions #1: Inverse of a Function I NTCI

Review on Relations
1. Find the domain and range of each of the following relations
(a) S = { (x, y) | (0, 1), (1, 2), (3, 4), (5, 6) } (b) S = { (-1, -2), (1, 2), (2, -3), (4, 4), (5, -7), (6, 8) }

(c) (d) (e)

x = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4}

2. Which relations represent functions?

(d) (e)

Inverse of a Relation

Domain of f Range of f Range of f - 1 Domain of f - 1

If then f - 1.

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1. List all the order pairs of each relation and its inverse.
(a) (b)

2. For each of the following, (i) sketch the graph of f and f - 1 and (ii) is f - 1 a function?
(a) A function f is given by f = {(1, 2), (2, 3), (3, 5)} (b) A function f is given by f = {(-2, 2), (1, 3), (0,
3)}

3. Consider the results of Q2. Explain what kind of functions will have f - 1 as a function or just a relation.

Graphing Activity
Problem 1: Examine the graph of a function and the graph of its inverse.

A. Graph and .

Step 1. Check the second function is an inverse of the first function by interchanging and in the first
equation and then solve the equation for .

Step 2. Press [ZOOM] and select ZStandard. Press [ZOOM] again and select ZSquare this time. If we press
[WINDOW], you will see Ymin and Ymax are still -10 and 10 but Xmin and Xmax are changed. The
ZSquare option makes the scales of the x- and y- axis the same by adjusting the scale in one direction.
Now graph the two functions.

Step 3. What are the coordinates of the intersection point?

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Step 4. Enter on the same set of axes. Graph and sketch all three functions.

Step 5. What can you conclude from the graphs of , and ?

Step 6. The inverse of a function is the reflection of the function over the line . To confirm this
geometric
property, add the graph of the line (which is perpendicular to the line ) to the
screen.
Check the coordinates of the intersection points of with and with .

Are the coordinates of these points in the form (a, b) and (b, a)?

B. Graph and and use the same procedure of A to analyse the relationship between the two
functions. ( Enter in the form Y = x ^ 3 and in the form Y = x ). To enter the
latter, in the Y= editor, press [MATH] and select 4: . Press [X,T,,n] an [)] to finish the key
sequence.)

From the activities, we can conclude that the graph of the inverse of , , is obtained
by reflecting the graph of over the line

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Exercises
1. Determine the inverse . Is the inverse a function? Explain.
(a) f = { (x, y) | (-3, 8), (-1, 3), (0, 2), (2, 7) } (b) f = { (x, y) | (-3, 2), (-1, 3), (0, 2), (4, 6) }

(c) (d)

(e) = (f) =

(g) = (h) =

Homework
Read p247 – 255
p255 #1, 2; p256 #4, 6; p258 #11, 12

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Answers

Review on Relations
1(a) domain: {0, 1, 3, 5}, range : {1, 2, 4, 6} (b) domain : {-1, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6}, range : {-7, -3, -2, 2, 4, 8}
(c) domain : {0, 1, 2}, range : {0, 1, 2} (d) domain : {-6, 3, 4, 5}, range : {-5, -2, 3, 4, 7}
(e) domain : {0, 1, 2, 3, 4}, range : {1, 3, 5, 7, 9}

2 function: (b), (c), (e)

Inverse of a Relation
1(a) f = { (- 1, 4), (2, 5), (3, 6)} (b) g = { (1, 4), (2, 4), (3, -5)}

2(i) (ii)

(ii) f – 1 is a function (ii) f – 1 is not function

3 The inverse of an one-to-one function is also a function. But the inverse of a many-to-one function is not a
function.

Graphing Activity
Problem 1
A
Step 3 The coordinates of the intersection point is (1, 1).
Steps 2 & 4

Step 5 The graphs of and are symmetrical with respect to the line .

Step 6 The intersection points of with and with are respectively, (0.75, 0.25)

and (0.25, 0.75), which is in the form of (a, b) and (b, a).

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Exercises
1(a) = { (x, y) | (8, -3), (3, -1), (2, 0), (7, 2) } (b) = { (x, y) | (2, -3), (3, -1), (2, 0), (6, 4) }; not a function
(c) (d)

(e) (f) (g) (h)