5.

6 Inverse Functions
 Inverse Functions

What is happening to the apple?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO0sFkgQgoE
What do you notice about these graphs?
How do we sketch the inverse of this graph?
How do we sketch the inverse of this graph?
How do we sketch the inverse of this graph?
 What do you notice about these equations?
𝑥−3
𝑓 𝑥 = 4𝑥 + 3 g 𝑥 =
4

They _________ each other

They are ________ of each other

 How do we find equations for inverse functions?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zungDExdrPs

“Undo” your function…

Switch x and y and solve!

 Finding Inverses

1. 𝑓 𝑥 = 3𝑥 − 1 2. 𝑓 𝑥 = 2𝑥 + 8

1 𝑥−8
3. 𝑓 𝑥 = 𝑥 −2 4. 𝑓 𝑥 =
3 2

𝑦+5
5. 𝑓 𝑥 =
3
 Finding Inverses

1. 𝑓 𝑥 = 𝑥 2 − 2 for x ≥ 0

2. 𝑓 𝑥 = 2𝑥 3 + 1

3. 𝑓 𝑥 = 2 𝑥 − 3
 How do we know if the inverse is a function?
Always, sometimes, or never…
Is the inverse of a function a function itself? (Remember – what is a
function?)
 How do we check if functions are inverses?
𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑓 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔, 𝑖𝑓 𝑓 𝑔 𝑥 = 𝑥 𝑎𝑛𝑑
𝑔 𝑓 𝑥 = 𝑥 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑓 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟

> To verify if two functions are inverses of each other, plug them into
one another. If the result simplifies to x in both cases, the functions are
inverses.

𝑥+1
Ex. Show that 𝑓 𝑥 = 3𝑥 − 1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔 𝑥 = are inverse functions.
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