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GENERAL MATHEMATICS
Quarter 1 - Module 3
INVERSE FUNCTION

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General Mathematics – Grade 11
Quarter 1 - Module 3: INVERSE FUNCTION

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General Mathematics - Grade 11
Quarter 1- Module 3: INVERSE FUNCTIONS
I. INTRODUCTION
The concept of an inverse relation or function is important
in the next units, particularly in the study of exponential and
logarithmic functions and their properties.
In Set Theory and Calculus, the concept of inverse function
is a fundamental idea.
In layman’s term, an inverse function is a function that
“reverses” another relation which results in a new function.
A function and its inverse may be regarded as the “do” and
“undo” relations.
One-to-one function, a closely related concept, has
numerous real-life practical applications.

II. OBJECTIVES
At the end of this module, the learners should be able to:
 Represent real-life situations using one-to one functions.
(M11GM-ld-1)
 Determine the inverse of a one-to-one function. (M11GM-ld-2)
 Represent an inverse function through its: (a) table of values, and
(b) graph. (M11GM-ld-3)
 Find the domain and range of an inverse function. (M11GM-ld-4)
 Solve problems involving inverse functions. (M11GM-le-2)

INVERSE – operations are opposite operations that undo each other.

III. VOCABULARY
Addition and subtraction are inverse operations. Multiplication and
division are inverse operations.
INVERSE FUNCTION – is the function which reverses the effect of
the original function.
ONE-TO-ONE FUNCTION – a function f from A to B is called one-
to- one (or 1-1) if whenever f (a) = f (b) then a = b. No element of B is
the image of more than one element in A. In a one-to-one function,
given any y value, there is only one x that can be paired with the given y.
 IV. PRE-TEST
Direction: Write your answer on the activity sheet provided
1. It is an example of One-to-one function.
a. Human DNA
b. Aling Nena and her children
c. Actresses Kim Chiu, Bea Alonzo, Julia Baretto as Girlfriends
of Gerald Anderson
2𝑥
2. What is the inverse relation 𝑦 = ?
𝑥−2
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a. 𝑓 −1(𝑥 ) =
𝑥+2
2𝑥
b. 𝑓 −1(𝑥 ) =
𝑥+2
−2𝑥
c. 𝑓 −1(𝑥 ) =
2−𝑥

3. Which graph is one-to-one function

a. b. c.

1
4. What is the graph of the inverse function of 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 − 2?
2
a. b. c.

5. Find the domain and range of G(x) = {(5, 6), (7,8), (9, 10), (11, 12)}
a. D = { 6, 8, 10, 12 }, R= { 5, 7, 9, 11 }
b. D = { 5, 6, 7, 8 }, R = { 5, 7, 9, 11 }
c. D = { 5, 7, 9, 11 }, R = { 6, 8, 10, 12 }

V. LEARNING ACTIVITIES
Activity#1: Do this!
 Direction: Identify whether the given situation represents one-
to- one function. Justify your answer. Write your answer on the
activity sheet provided.
1. The relation pairing the LRN to students
2. The relation pairing a real number to its square. 3.
{(3,1), (4,2), (3,2), (1,2), (5,4)}
4. {(2,2), (5,4), (3,2), (5,7), (1,4)}
5. {(1,2), (3,4), (5,6), (7,8), (9,10)}

Guide Questions:
1. How did you find the activity?
2. How are you able to connect this activity in your daily
life?
In the preceding activity, item numbers 1 and 5 represents a one-
to-one function since each student has a unique LRN and in item
number 5, there is no y – value which is paired with the same x –
values.
Item numbers 2 to 4 does not represent a one-to-one function.
In item number 3, the value of domain is repeated (3,1) and (3,2). Also
in number 4, it has a y-value that are paired up with two different x-
values; ( 2,2 ) and ( 3,2 ).
REAL-LIFE SITUATIONS (ONE-TO-ONE FUNCTIONS)
1. Deoxyribonucleic acid is a molecule that carries most of the genetic st

2. DepEd is developing a system of identification for all learners of

the Philippine public schools. This is the Learner’s Identification
Number (LIS) System that aims to provide a unique LIS to every
public school learner. Its aim is to ensure that no two LIS is assigned
to a Filipino learner, and that no two Filipino learners have the same
LIS.
3. One of the primary moral values that is advocated and taught by
the Catholic Church is the sanctity of the marriage vow. It aims to
promote happy marriage between a living Catholic man and a living
Catholic woman who have entered into a marriage contract, that is,
one man – one-woman relationship.
 One-to-One Function
The function is one-to-one if for any x 1 , x2 in the domain of f,
then f(x1) ≠ f(x2). That is, the same y – value is never paired with
two different x – values.
In other words, when a function has additional property that
no two unique elements of the domain have the same image in
the range, the function is said to be one-to-one.
Example:

Another way to determine whether a graph represents a one-to-

one function is by using the Horizontal Line Test and Vertical Line
Test.
Horizontal Line Test is a test used to determine a one-to-
one function. All one-to-one functions satisfy both the vertical and
horizontal line tests.
A graph showing the plot of y= x2 + 2 fails the horizontal line
test If any vertical line and horizontal line intersects the graph at
most 1 point, then the graph is a graph of a one-to-one function.
The graph of y = x3 passes the horizontal line test.

y = x3 y = x2 + 2
One-to-one function Not a one-to-one function
Activity#2: Do this!
Direction: Match the following one-to-one function to its
inverse. Write your answers on the activity sheet provided
A B
-© 1. f(x) = 3x + 1 a. f-1(x) = 3√𝑥+ 2
 2. f(x) = x3 – 2 b. f-1(x) = 4𝑥+1
3𝑥−2
2𝑥+1
3. f(x) = c. f-1(x) = 𝑥−1
3𝑥−4 3
Guide Questions:
1. How did you get your answer?
2. Is it easy to evaluate inverse of one-to-one function?
3. What makes you difficult in answering functions?

Inverse of a One-to-One Function

Let f be a one-to-one function with domain A and a range B. The
inverse of f denoted by f-1 is a function with a domain B and a range
A defined by f-1(y) = x, if and only if f(x) = y, for any y in B.
Only one-to-one function has an inverse. If a function f is not
one-to-one, properly defining an inverse function f -1 will be
problematic. For example, suppose that f(1) = 5 and f(3) = 5. If f -1
exists, then f-1 (5) has to be both 1 and 3, and this prevents f -1 from
being a valid function. This is the reason why the inverse is only
defined for one-to-one functions.
In the previous activity, we can find the inverse of a function by
following the given steps.
(a) Write the function in the form y = f(x);
(b) Interchange the x and y variables;
(c)Solve for y in terms of x
In Item number 1, to find the inverse of f(x) = 3x+1, we have
these step by step solutions:

(a) The equation of the function is y=3x+1

(b) Interchange the x and y variables: x=3y+1

(c) Solve for y and in terms of x:
x = 3y + 1
x – 1 = 3y
𝑥−1 𝑥−1
=𝑦𝑦=
3 3

Therefore, the inverse of f(x)= 3x+1 is f-1 = 𝑥−1

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Property of an inverse of a one-to-one function
Given a one-to-one function f(x) and its inverse f -1(x), then the
following are true:

(a) The inverse of f-1(x) is f(x).

(b) f(f-1(x))=x for all x in the domain of f-1.
(c) f -1(f(x))=x for all x in the domain of f.
Activity#3: Do this!
Direction: Represent the following inverse functions in table of
values with the specified domain. Write your answer on the activity
sheet provided
1. f-1 (x) = 𝑥−1
2 ; {x|-2 ≤ x ≤ 1.5}
2. f-1 (x) = x – 4 ; {x|-2 ≤ x ≤ 2}
Using the resulting table of values represented in the preceding
activity, (Activity 1), determine the domain and the range.
𝑥−1
1. 𝑓−1(𝑥) = ;
2
Domain: Range:
2. 𝑓 −1(𝑥 ) = 𝑥 − 4;
Domain: Range:
Given are the one-to-one functions and its graph. Beside, is the
inverse of each function. Sketch the graph of the corresponding
inverse function and determine the domain and range.
Function Inverse Function
𝑥−1
1. f(x)=2x+1 ; 𝑓 −1 =
2

Domain of f-1(x);
Range of f-1 (x);
2. g(x) =3√𝑥 + 1; g-1 (x) = x3 – 1
Domain of g-1 (x) ;
Range of g-1 (x) ;
Graphs of an inverse function

First, we need to ascertain that the given graph corresponds to

a one-to-one function by applying the horizontal line test. If it passes
the test, the corresponding function is one-to-one.
In the preceding activity, the graph of the inverse of f(x)=2x+1
is shown below.

f(x)=2x+1

𝑥−1
𝑓−1(𝑥) =
2

Domain of f-1 (x) ; D ={ x є R |-3≤ x ≤ 4}

Range of f-1 (x) ; R = { y є R |-2≤ y ≤ 1.5}
In the same manner, the graph of the inverse of g -1 (x) = x3 – 1 is
shown below.
x3 – 1

Domain of g-1(x): D= {x/-2 ≥ x ≥ 2}

Range of g-1(x): R= all real numbers

Given the graph of a one-to-one function, the graph of its

inverse can be obtained by reflecting the graph about the line y = x.
The domain and range of the inverse function can be determined
by inspection of the graph.
 Table summary,

ƒ(x) ƒ-1(x)

Domain {x є R |-2 ≤ x ≤ 1.5} { x є R |-3≤ x ≤ 4}

Range { y є R |-3≤ y ≤ 4} { y є R |-2≤ y ≤ 1.5}

g(x) g -1(x)

Domain All real numbers {x/-2 ≥ x ≥ 2}

Range {y/-2 ≥ y ≥ 2} All real numbers

Solving Problems Involving Inverse Function

We can apply the concepts of inverse functions in solving
word problems involving reversible processes.
Example:
You asked a friend to think of a nonnegative number, add two to
the number, square the number, multiply the result by 3 and divide
the result by 2. If the result is 54, what is the original number?
Construct an inverse function that will provide the original number if
the result is given.
https://www.scribd.com/document/413943141/Gen-Math-Pre-Test

Questions:
1. What are your ideas in solving this problem?
2. In what part of the problem makes you difficult in arriving the
answer?
3. Is the problem easy? Why?

We first construct the function that will compute the final

number based on the original number. Following the instructions, we
come up with this function:
3(𝑥+2)2
2
ƒ(x) = (x+2)2 ▪ 3 ÷ 2
The graph is shown below, on the left. This is not a one-to-one
function because the graph does not satisfy the horizontal line test.
However, the instruction indicated that the original number must be
nonnegative. The domain of the function must thus be restricted to x
≥ 0, and its graph is shown on the right, below.

The function with restricted domain x ≥ 0 is then a one-

to-one function, and we can find its inverse.
Interchange the x and y variables: x =
Solve for y in terms of x:
3(𝑦+2)2
x= 2
2𝑥
=𝑦+2
3
2𝑥
√ =𝑦+2
3

(Since y≥2, we do not need to consider the negative value of 2𝑥

√ )
3

2𝑥 2𝑥 2𝑥
√ −2=𝑦→ 𝑦=√ − 2 → 𝑓 (𝑥 ) = √
−1
3
−2
3 3

Finally, we evaluate the inverse function at x = 54 to determine the

original number
2(54) 108
f-1(54) = √ −2=√ − 2 = √36 − 2 = 6 − 2 = 4
3 3

the original number is 4

TASK 1: Do this!
VI. PRACTICE TASKS
Direction: Identify whether the given situation represents one-
to- one function or Not. Write your answer on the activity sheet
provided.
1. Sim cards to cellphone numbers
2. Pairing of airports to airport code
3. The function of f (x)= x2
4. {(1,2),(1/2,3),(1/3,4),(1/4,5),(1/5,6)}
5. {(2,1),(1,3),(4,8),(5,7),(6,9)}

6.

7.

TASK 2: Do this!
Direction: Write your answers on the task sheet provided
A. Find the inverse function of the following one-to-one
functions.
1. 𝑓(𝑥) = (𝑥 + 3)3
3
2. 𝑓(𝑥) =
𝑥−4
2𝑥+1
3. 𝑓(𝑥) =
4𝑥−1

B. Give the inverse of the following functions if it exists? Write

your answers in a separate sheet of paper.
1. f(x)=|5x|

2. f(x)=x2-4

3. g(x)=
TASK 3: Do this!
Direction: Write your answers on the task sheet provided
1. Find the inverse of ƒ(x)= 1/x using its given graph.

2. Consider the rational function ƒ(x)= whose graph is shown

below:
(a) Find its domain and range.
(b) Find the graph of its inverse.
(c) Find the domain and range of its inverse.

VII. POST -TEST

Direction: Write your answers on the task sheet provided
1. A function is said to be a one-to-one function if .
A. The function ƒ is one-to-one if for any x1, x2 in the domain of f,
then f(x1) = f(x2)
B. the y-value is paired with two different x-values
 C. The function ƒ is one-to-one if for any x1, x2 in the domain of f,
then f(x1) ≠ f(x2)
D. Two x-values are paired with 2 y-values

2. Which of the following belong to one-to-one function?

A. People to their birthdays
B. People to their place of residence
C. People to their GSIS number
D. People to their first name

For number 3. Given the function of 𝑔(𝑥) = 7𝑥+2

3𝑥−4

3. Find the domain of an inverse function.

A. {x є R | x ≠ -3/4 } C.{x є R | x ≠ 7/3}
B. {x є R | x ≠ 4/3 } D. {x є R | x ≠ 3/7}

4. Find the inverse of h(x)= 3x + 6.

A. 1 𝑥 + 2 C. 3 − 2
3 𝑋

B. 1 𝑥 − 2 D. 𝑋 − 2
3 3

5. Which of the following map describe a one-to-one function?

A. C.

B. D.
VIII.
Direction: Solve the given problem in your assignment notebook
−4𝑥−1
Given 𝑓(𝑥) =
3𝑥−2

(a) Solve its inverse

(b) Determine the asymptotes
(b) Sketch the graph of its inverse
(d) Find the domain and range of its inverse
References:
 General Mathematics, Department of Education Teachers
Materials
 Orines, Fernando B. Next Century Mathematics. 927 Quezon
Ave., Quezon City: Phoenix Publishing House, Inc., 2016.