6 TaN eM at laren toler) Just when you'd got your head around functions, ranges, domains and composite functions, they go and turn it ll back to front by introducing inverses iy One-to-One Fun 1) An inverse function does the opposite to the function. So ifthe function was ‘+ 1', the inverse would be “- ifthe function was % 2’, the inverse would be ‘= 2’ etc, The inverse for a function fs) is written {9 2) An inverse function maps an element in the range to an element in the domain — the opposite of a function. This means that only one-to-one functions have inverses, asthe inverse of a many-to-one function would be one-to-many, which isnt a function (see p.4). > he Sane ding ee he 3) Forany inverse on and then oe vee: | FG) = jst gre you 4) The domain of the inverse is the range ofthe function, and the range ofthe inverse i the domain ofthe function FSZMMWEY The function fe) = x + 7 with domain x > 0 and range f(x) 2 7 is one-to-one, so it has an inverse. ‘The inverse of + 7 is 7, $0 4a) =x—7. §) has domain x2 7 and range fp) 2 0. fork out the Im For simple functions (like the one in the example above), it's easy to work out what the inverse is just by looking at it But for more complex functions, you need to rearrange the original function to change the subject en ey Replace f(x) with y to get an equation for y in terms of x. Rearrange the equation to make x the subject. Replace x with f(a) and y with x — this is the inverse function. ‘Swap round the domain and range of the function [EZIMTTES -Find the inverse of the function i) = 33° +2 with domain x 0, and state its domain and range 1). Fist, replace fx) with yr» = 3x? +2 2) Rearrange the equation to make x the subject: ee ey ra: yotewstztags i? 3). Replace x with (-\@) and y with x 0) = (2 4) Swap the domain and range: the range of fx is ffx) 2 2, 2.050 you don’t need the negative square root, so f(x) has domain x 2 2 and range") 20. The inverse of a function is its reilection in the line ‘Sketch the graph of the inverse of the function fe) =~ 8 with domain x20. Ws easy to see what the domains and ranges are from the graph — ils) has domainx20 and range f(x) 2 ~8, and i") has domain =) Then draw y 2-8 and range (2) 2 0. - > say ee a Sinyemte ga Line y = x on the wall — who is the fairest of them all... [think te got the hang of this inverse stuf now — so the inverse of walking to the shops and buying some milk would be taking the money out the tll, putting the milk back on the shelf, leaving the shop and walking home backwards, Sorted C3 Section 1 — Atcesra AND FUNCTIONS