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1.6 Inverse Functions

The document discusses inverse functions. An inverse function undoes the mapping of the original function. To be an inverse: 1) The inverse must map the output of the original function back to the input for all inputs. 2) The original function must also map the output of the inverse back to the input for all inputs. Graphs of a function and its inverse are reflections over the line y = x. To find the inverse of a function, you swap x and y, isolate y, and replace y with f^-1(x).

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1.6 Inverse Functions

The document discusses inverse functions. An inverse function undoes the mapping of the original function. To be an inverse: 1) The inverse must map the output of the original function back to the input for all inputs. 2) The original function must also map the output of the inverse back to the input for all inputs. Graphs of a function and its inverse are reflections over the line y = x. To find the inverse of a function, you swap x and y, isolate y, and replace y with f^-1(x).

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Inverses of Functions (pg 62)

What is an Inverse Function Determine IF 2 functions are inverses Graphs of inverse functions Does an inverse exist? Finding the inverse of a function

What Are Functions?


A function is a relation that has at most one value of y for each unique value of x. {(1, 2), (3, 4), (5, 6), (7, 8)} is a function since there is only one value of y for each different value of x {(1, 2), (3, 3), (1, 4), (5, 6)} is not a function since for x = 1, there are two possible values for y, 2 or 4.

What Do Functions Do? (pg 62)


They MAP or TRANSFORM:

Inputs into outputs Elements of a domain into corresponding elements of a range. f maps 3 to 7 f acts on and transforms 3 into 7

f(x) = 2x + 1. Evaluate f(3)


Inverse Function?
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Inverse Function
Let f(x) = 2x + 1 The inverse of f undoes what f did.

Maps or acts on 7 to transform it back to 3.

Let g(x)=(x-1)/2.

Does g undo f? For ALL values of x? How can we be sure?

Inverse Function - Prove (pg 64)


Let f(x) = 2x + 1 and g(x)=(x-1)/2 To be an inverse of f, g must take f(x) back to x for ALL x in the domain of f. g(f(x))=x for ALL x in the domain of f.

g(f(x))=g(2x+1) =(2x+1-1)/2 =2x/2 =x

f(g(x))=x also required Notation: g(x)=f-1(x).


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Inverse Function You try


Let f x x 2 and g x x 2
3 3

f(g(x)) =

g(f(x)) =

Inverse Function You try #2


x2 5 Let g x and h x 2 5 x
g(h(x)) =

h(g(x)) =

Graphs of Inverse Functions (pg 65)


The graphs of a function and its inverse:

Symmetric about the identity function Reflected across y = x. (2, 7) (7, 2) (-2, 1) (1, -2)

(a, b) reflects to (b, a)


What does this mean? How does this match with the proofs above?
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Graphs
Let f x x 2 and g x x 2
3 3

Test some points.

Does an inverse exist? (pg 66)


Let f x x
2
Horizontal line test

f(2) = 4 f(-2)= 4 An inverse would need to map 4 back to 2 AND -2 -- not a function. A function is one-to-one if f(a)=f(b) implies a=b for all a, b in the domain

f is increasing on its entire domain f is decreasing on its entire domain

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Finding Inverses (pg 67)


Steps:
1. 2. 3.

4.
5.

Replace f(x) notation with equation y= notation Replace all x with y and all y with x Solve for y. Replace notation: y= with f-1(x)= Verify f and f-1 are inverses: f(f-1(x))=x and f-1(f(x))=x Domain of f is range of f-1 Domain of f-1 is range of f

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Finding Inverse Example


Let f x 3x 2

y 3x 2 x 3y 2 x 2 3y x 2 y 3 3 x 2 1 f x 3 3
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f Domain Range

f-1

Finding Inverse Example 2


Let f x x 2
3

y x 2
3

x y 2
3 3

x2 y
f Domain Range f-1

x2 y
1

x2
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Finding Inverse Example 3


Let f x 2 x 3
y 2x 3 x 2y 3 x 2y 3
2

x 3 2y
2
f Domain Range [3/2,) [0,) f-1 [0,) [3/2,)

3 2 y
f
1

x x

3 2, x 0
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