Inverse

functions
General Mathematics
 By the end of this lesson...
represent real-life situations using one-to one functions
(M11GM-Id-1);
determine the inverse of a one-to-one function
(M11GM-Id-2);
illustrate the inverse of a function using table of values
and graph (M11GM-Id-3);
determine the domain and range of inverse functions
(M11GM-Id-4); and,
solve problems involving inverse functions (M11GM-
Ie-2)
 Here we go..

Are you ready?

 Representing Real
Life Situations using
One to One Functions
 Example
Suppose the
Kidzoona 1. How much will you pay if your baby
brother will play 1 hour? 2 hours? 3
charge in an
hours? How about 5 hours?
hour play is 2. Based on your answer in item 1, write an
Php 300. ordered pair in the form (time, amount).
Your baby 3. Make a rule/ function that represents the
brother given relation.
4. Is the given relation a one to one function?
wants to play 5. How are time consume in Kidzoona related
in the said to charge to be paid?
amusement.
 Example
1. How much will you pay if you call your
Suppose you want
father for 1 minute? 2 minutes? How about 4
to call your father
by telephone. The minutes?
charge of a pay 2. Represents table of value of the given
phone call is Php relation based on your answer in item 1.
10 pesos for the 3. Is the relation a one to one function? Why
first 2 minutes or why not
and an additional
Php 3 for every
additional minute
or a half of it.
Inverse of a
One-to-one
Function
 Inverse Function
𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟏
Change f(x) to y 𝒚 = 𝟑𝒙 + 𝟏
Interchange x and y 𝒙 = 𝟑𝒚 + 𝟏 𝒙−𝟏
−𝟏
𝒇 𝒙 =
𝒙 − 𝟏 = 𝟑𝒚 𝟑
𝒙 − 𝟏 𝟑𝒚
=
𝟑 𝟑
𝒙−𝟏
=𝒚
𝟑
 Inverse Function
𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟕𝒙 − 𝟓
Change f(x) to y 𝒚 = 𝟕𝒙 − 𝟓
Interchange x and y 𝒙 = 𝟕𝒚 − 𝟓 𝒙+𝟓
−𝟏
𝒇 𝒙 =
𝒙 + 𝟓 = 𝟕𝒚 𝟕
𝒙 + 𝟓 𝟕𝒚
=
𝟕 𝟕
𝒙+𝟓
=𝒚
𝟕
 Solve for the inverse function of the following
𝟑
𝒈 𝒙 =𝒙 −𝟓
𝟑
Change g(x) to y 𝒚 =𝒙 −𝟓
𝟑
Interchange x and y 𝒙 =𝒚 −𝟓 𝟑
−𝟏
𝟑 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝒙+𝟓
𝒙+𝟓=𝒚
𝟑
𝒙+𝟓=𝒚
 Inverse Function
𝟐
𝒈 𝒙 =𝒙 −𝟕
𝟐
Change g(x) to y 𝒚 =𝒙 −𝟕
𝟐
Interchange x and y 𝒙 =𝒚 −𝟕
−𝟏
𝟐
𝒈 𝒙 = 𝒙+𝟕
𝒙+𝟕=𝒚
𝟐
𝒙+𝟕=𝒚
SEATWORK
Inverse
Function
 Inverse Function

𝟏. 𝒇 𝒙 = −𝟗𝒙 − 𝟑
𝟐
𝟐. 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝒙 − 𝟏𝟎
 Inverse Function
𝒇 𝒙 = −𝟗𝒙 − 𝟑
Change f(x) to y 𝒚 = −𝟗𝒙 − 𝟑
Interchange x and y 𝒙 = −𝟗𝒚 − 𝟑 𝒙+𝟑
−𝟏
𝒇 𝒙 =
𝒙 + 𝟑 = −𝟗𝒚 −𝟗
𝒙 + 𝟑 −𝟗𝒚
=
−𝟗 −𝟗 10points
𝒙+𝟑
=𝒚
−𝟗
 Inverse Function
𝟐
𝒈 𝒙 = 𝒙 − 𝟏𝟎
𝟐
Change g(x) to y 𝒚 = 𝒙 − 𝟏𝟎
𝟐
Interchange x and y 𝒙 = 𝒚 − 𝟏𝟎
−𝟏
𝟐
𝒈 𝒙 = 𝒙 + 𝟏𝟎
𝒙 + 𝟏𝟎 = 𝒚
𝟐
𝒙 + 𝟏𝟎 = 𝒚
10points
REVIEW
 O-O ; O-M; M-O; M-M

1. 2,3 , 3,4 , (4,5) 𝑂𝑛𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑛𝑒

2. 0,1 , 0,2 , (0,3) 𝑂𝑛𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦
3. −1, −1 , −2, −1 , (−3, −1) 𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑛𝑒
4. −1, −2 , −1,3 , (2, −8), (5, −8)
𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦
 Evaluating Functions
𝟐 𝟐
𝒈 𝒙 = 𝒙 − 𝟏𝟎 𝒈 𝒙 = −𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏 𝒈 𝒙 =𝒙 −𝟑
𝒊𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟏, 𝒊𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟐, 𝒊𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟑,
𝟐 𝟐
𝒈 𝟏 = 𝟏 − 𝟏𝟎 𝒈 𝟐 = −𝟐(𝟐) + 𝟏 𝒈 𝟑 =𝟑 −𝟑
𝒈 𝟏 = 𝟏 − 𝟏𝟎 𝒈 𝟐 = −𝟒 + 𝟏 𝒈 𝟑 =𝟗−𝟑
𝒈 𝟏 = −𝟗 𝒈 𝟐 = −𝟑 𝒈 𝟑 =𝟔
 Table and
Graph of an
Inverse
Function
 Inverse Function
𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏
Change f(x) to y 𝒚 = 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏
Interchange x and y 𝒙 = 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟏 𝒙−𝟏
−𝟏
𝒇 𝒙 =
𝒙 − 𝟏 = 𝟐𝒚 𝟐
𝒙 − 𝟏 𝟐𝒚
=
𝟐 𝟐
𝒙−𝟏
=𝒚
𝟐
 Inverse Function
𝒙−𝟏
𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏 𝒇 −𝟏
𝒙 =
𝟐
Create a table of values for both the functions
𝒊𝒇 𝒙 = −𝟏, 𝒊𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟎, 𝒊𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟏, 𝒊𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟐,
𝒇 −𝟏 = 𝟐 −𝟏 + 𝟏 𝒇(𝟎) = 𝟐 𝟎 + 𝟏 𝒇 𝟏 =𝟐 𝟏 +𝟏 𝒇 𝟐 =𝟐 𝟐 +𝟏
𝒇(-𝟏) = -1 𝒇(0) = 1 𝒇(𝟏) = 3 𝒇(2) = 5

𝑥 −𝟏 𝟎 𝟏 𝟐
𝑦 −1 1 3 5
 Inverse Function
𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏 𝒙−𝟏
−𝟏
𝒇 𝒙 =
𝟐
𝒊𝒇 𝒙 = −𝟏, 𝒊𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟏, 𝒊𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟑, 𝒊𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟓,
−𝟏
−𝟏 − 𝟏 −𝟏 𝟏−𝟏 −𝟏
𝟑−𝟏 𝟓 − 𝟏
𝒇 −𝟏 = 𝒇 𝟏 = 𝒇 𝟑 = 𝒇−𝟏 𝟓 =
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
𝒇−𝟏 (-𝟏) = -1 𝒇−𝟏 (1) = 0 𝒇−𝟏 (3) = 1 −𝟏
𝒇 (5) = 2

𝑥 −𝟏 𝟏 𝟑 𝟓
𝑦 −1 0 1 2
 Inverse Function

−𝟏
𝒙−𝟏
𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏 𝒇 𝒙 =
𝟐
SEATWORK
Inverse
Function -
Table
 Inverse Function
Find the inverse of each function and
create a table of values.
Use -2, -1, 0, 1, 2
𝟏. 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟓
𝟑
𝟐. 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝒙
ANSWER KEY
Inverse
Function -
Table
 Inverse Function
Find the inverse of each function and
create a table of values.
Use -2, -1, 0, 1, 2
𝟏. 𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟓
𝟑
𝟐. 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝒙
 Inverse Function
𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟓
Change f(x) to y 𝒚 = 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟓
Interchange x and y 𝒙 = 𝟑𝒚 − 𝟓 𝒙+𝟓
−𝟏
𝒇 𝒙 =
𝒙 + 𝟓 = 𝟑𝒚 𝟑
𝒙 + 𝟓 𝟑𝒚 5 points
=
𝟑 𝟑
𝒙+𝟓
=𝒚
𝟑
 Inverse Function
𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟓 −𝟏
𝒙+𝟓
𝒇 𝒙 =
𝟑
Create a table of values for both the functions
𝒊𝒇 𝒙 = −𝟐, 𝒊𝒇 𝒙 = −𝟏, 𝒊𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟎, 𝒊𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟏, 𝒊𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟐,
𝒇 −𝟐 = 𝟑 −𝟐 − 𝟓 𝒇 −𝟏 = 𝟑 −𝟏 − 𝟓 𝒇 𝟎 = 𝟑 𝟎 − 𝟓 𝒇 𝟏 =𝟑 𝟏 −𝟓 𝒇 𝟐 =𝟑 𝟐 −𝟓
𝒇(-2) = - 11 𝒇(-𝟏) = - 8 𝒇(0) = - 5 𝒇(𝟏) = - 2 𝒇(𝟏) = 1
10 points
𝑥 −𝟐 −𝟏 𝟎 𝟏 𝟐
𝑦 −11 −8 −5 −2 1
5 points
 Inverse Function
𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟓
−𝟏
𝒙+𝟓
𝒇 𝒙 =
𝟑
𝒊𝒇 𝒙 = −𝟖, 𝒊𝒇 𝒙 = −𝟓, 𝒊𝒇 𝒙 = −𝟐, 𝒊𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟏,
𝒊𝒇 𝒙 = −𝟏𝟏,
−𝟖 + 𝟓 −𝟓 + 𝟓 −𝟐 + 𝟓 𝟏 + 𝟓
−𝟏𝟏 + 𝟓 𝒇−𝟏 𝟏 =
𝒇−𝟏 −𝟐 = −𝟏
𝒇 −𝟏 = 𝟑
−𝟏
𝒇 𝟑 = 𝒇−𝟏 𝟓 =
𝟑 𝟑 𝟑 𝟑
𝒇(-𝟏) = -1 𝒇(𝟏) = 0 𝒇(3) = 1 𝒇(5) = 2
𝒇(-2) = -2 10 points
𝑥 −𝟏𝟏 −𝟖 −𝟓 −𝟐 𝟏
𝑦 −2 −1 0 1 2
5 points
 Inverse Function
𝒙+𝟓
𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟓 𝒇 −𝟏
𝒙 =
𝟑
 Inverse Function
𝟑
𝒈 𝒙 =𝒙
𝟑
Change f(x) to y 𝒚=𝒙
𝟑
Interchange x and y 𝒙=𝒚 𝒈 −𝟏
𝒙 = 𝟑
𝒙
𝟑
𝒙=𝒚
5 points
 Inverse Function
−𝟏 𝟑
𝒈 𝒙 =𝒙𝟑 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝒙

Create a table of values for both the functions

𝒊𝒇 𝒙 = −𝟐, 𝒊𝒇 𝒙 = −𝟏, 𝒊𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟎, 𝒊𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟏, 𝒊𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟐,
𝒈 −𝟐 = (−𝟐) 𝟑
𝒈 −𝟏 = (−𝟏)𝟑 𝒈 𝟎 = (𝟎)𝟑 𝒈 𝟏 = (𝟏)𝟑 𝒈 𝟐 = (𝟐)𝟑
g(-2) = - 8 g(-𝟏) = - 1 g(0) = 0 g(𝟏) =1 g(𝟏) = 8
10 points
𝑥 −𝟐 −𝟏 𝟎 𝟏 𝟐
𝑦 −8 −1 0 1 8
5 points
 Inverse Function
𝟑
𝒈 𝒙 =𝒙 −𝟏 𝟑
𝒈 𝒙 = 𝒙

𝒊𝒇 𝒙 = −𝟏, 𝒊𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟎, 𝒊𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟏, 𝒊𝒇 𝒙 = 𝟖,
𝒊𝒇 𝒙 = −𝟖,
𝟑
𝟑
𝒈−𝟏
𝟑 𝒈−𝟏 𝟎 = 𝟎 𝒈−𝟏 𝟏 =
𝟑
𝟏 −𝟏
𝒈 𝟖 =
𝟑
𝟖
𝒈−𝟏 −𝟖 = −𝟖 −𝟏 = −𝟏
g(-𝟏) = -1 g(0) = 0 g(1) = 1 g(8) = 2
g(-8) = -2
10 points
𝑥 −𝟖 −𝟏 𝟎 𝟏 𝟖
𝑦 −2 −1 0 1 2
5 points
 Inverse Function

𝟑 −𝟏 𝟑
𝒈 𝒙 =𝒙 𝒈 𝒙 = 𝒙
 Domain and
Range of Inverse
Function
Review
 How to solve
Domain of a Function
• Equate the denominator to 0
• Solve for x
Range of a Function
• Find the Inverse Function
• Equate the denominator to 0
• Solve for x
 Domain and Range of Rational Function
𝟑
𝟑 𝒇 𝒙 =
𝒙+𝟔
𝒇 𝒙 =
𝒙+𝟔 𝒚 =
𝟑
Change f(x) to y
𝒙+𝟔
𝒙+𝟔=𝟎 𝟑 Interchange x and y 𝟑
𝒚 = 𝒙 =
𝒙 = −𝟔 𝒙+𝟔 𝒚+𝟔
𝒙 (𝒚 + 𝟔) = 𝟑 𝑥
(𝒙𝒚 + 𝟔𝒙) = 𝟑 𝑥=0
𝑫 ∶ 𝒙𝝐ℝ | 𝒙 ≠ −𝟔
𝒙𝒚 = 𝟑 − 𝟔𝒙
𝒙𝒚 𝟑 − 𝟔𝒙
=
𝒙 𝒙 𝑹: 𝒚𝝐ℝ | 𝒚 ≠ 𝟎
𝟑 − 𝟔𝒙
𝒚=
𝒙
Inverse function
 Domain and Range of an Inverse Function
𝟑 − 𝟔𝒙 Inverse function
𝒇 𝒙 =
𝟑 − 𝟔𝒙
𝒚= 𝒙
𝒙
𝟑 − 𝟔𝒙
𝒚 = Change f(x) to y
𝒙
𝒙=𝟎 𝟑 − 𝟔𝒙 Interchange x and y 𝟑 − 𝟔𝒚
𝒚 = 𝒙 =
𝒙 𝒚
𝒙 𝒚 = 𝟑 − 𝟔𝒚
𝒙𝒚 = 𝟑 − 𝟔𝒚 𝑥+6
(𝒙𝒚 + 𝟔𝒚) = 𝟑 𝑥+6=0
𝑫 ∶ 𝒙𝝐ℝ | 𝒙 ≠ 𝟎 𝒚(𝒙 + 𝟔) = 𝟑 𝑥 = −6
𝒚(𝒙 + 𝟔) 𝟑
=
𝒙+𝟔 𝒙+𝟔
𝟑
𝑹: 𝒚𝝐ℝ | 𝒚 ≠ −𝟔
𝒚=
𝒙+𝟔
Inverse of the inverse function
 Original and Inverse Functions

𝟑 𝟑 − 𝟔𝒙
𝒇 𝒙 = −𝟏
𝒙+𝟔 The inverse of the inverse 𝒇 𝒙 =
𝒙
function is the original
−𝟏
𝟑 − 𝟔𝒙 −𝟏 −𝟏
𝟑
𝒇 𝒙 = function. (𝒇 ) 𝒙 =
𝒙 𝒙+𝟔
Original and Inverse Functions

𝐷𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑓 𝑥
=
−1
𝑅𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑓 (𝑥)

𝑅𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑓 𝑥
=
−1
𝐷𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑓 (𝑥)
SEATWORK
Inverse
Function –
D/R
 Inverse Function
Solve the D/R of original function
Solve the D/R of inverse function

𝟕
𝟏. 𝒇 𝒙 =
𝒙−𝟐
SEATWORK
Answer Key
 Inverse Function
Solve the D/R of original function
Solve the D/R of inverse function

𝟕
𝟏. 𝒇 𝒙 =
−𝒙 + 𝟐
 Domain and Range of Rational Function
𝟕
𝟕 𝒇 𝒙 =
−𝒙 + 𝟐
𝒇 𝒙 =
−𝒙 + 𝟐 𝒚 =
𝟕
Change f(x) to y
−𝒙 + 𝟐
−𝒙 + 𝟐 = 𝟎 𝟕 Interchange x and y 𝒙 = 𝟕
𝒚 =
𝟐=𝒙 −𝒙 + 𝟐 −𝒚 + 𝟐
𝒙 (−𝒚 + 𝟐) = 𝟕 −𝑥
(−𝒙𝒚 + 𝟐𝒙) = 𝟕 −𝑥 = 0
𝑫 ∶ 𝒙𝝐ℝ | 𝒙 ≠ 𝟐 𝑥=0
−𝒙𝒚 = 𝟕 − 𝟐𝒙
−𝒙𝒚 𝟕 − 𝟐𝒙
=
−𝒙 −𝒙 𝑹: 𝒚𝝐ℝ | 𝒚 ≠ 𝟎
𝟓 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝟓 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝟕 − 𝟐𝒙
𝒚=
−𝒙
Inverse function
𝟓 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒔
 Domain and Range of an Inverse Function
𝟕 − 𝟐𝒙 Inverse function
𝒇 𝒙 =
𝟕 − 𝟐𝒙
𝒚= −𝒙
−𝒙
𝟕 − 𝟐𝒙
𝒚 = Change f(x) to y
−𝒙
−𝒙 = 𝟎 𝟕 − 𝟐𝒙 Interchange x and y 𝟕 − 𝟐𝒚
𝒚 = 𝒙 =
𝒙=𝟎 −𝒙 −𝒚
𝒙 −𝒚 = 𝟕 − 𝟐𝒚
−𝒙𝒚 = 𝟕 − 𝟐𝒚 −𝑥 + 2
(−𝒙𝒚 + 𝟐𝒚) = 𝟕 −𝑥 + 2 = 0
𝑫 ∶ 𝒙𝝐ℝ | 𝒙 ≠ 𝟎 𝒚(−𝒙 + 𝟐) = 𝟕 2=𝑥
𝒚(−𝒙 + 𝟐) 𝟕
=
−𝒙 + 𝟐 −𝒙 + 𝟐
𝟓 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝑹: 𝒚𝝐ℝ | 𝒚 ≠ 𝟐
𝟓 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒚=
𝟕
−𝒙 + 𝟐
Inverse of the inverse function
𝟓 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒔
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Inverse
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