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3 Finding the
Inverse of a Function
By: Izmi Handayani
 When we talk inverse, imagine that we talk
about opposite thing.
• We can meet this thing in our daily life for example:

“Anna is in Jakarta (J), she wanna go to Surabaya (S)”.

Hence, the opposite is
“Anna is in Surabaya (S), she wanna go to Jakarta (J)”.

J→S
S→J
 Remember that:
• The opposite of “addition (+)” is “substraction (-)” and vice versa
• The opposite of “multiplication (x)” is “division (:)” and vice versa

• For example
the inverse of “𝑥 + 5” is “𝑥 – 5”
In Mathematics, you can represent a function in
three different ways:
• As a function Machine
• As an equation
• As a mapping
 Work out the inverse function of
• 1. y = 2𝑥 – 4
(INPUT) 𝑥 → X2 → -4 → y (OUTPUT)

inverse function:
(OUTPUT) y  :2  +4  𝑥 (INPUT)

𝑥+4 𝑥+4
So the inverse function is y = or 𝑥 →
2 2
Find the inverse of each function