Inverse Functions - Last Formative

1. (D1) Answer each of the following questions and justify your answer:

a. What is a function?
b. What is an inverse function?
c. What is the rule that allows you to identify from a graph whether it is a function?
d. What is the rule to identify from a graph that a function has an inverse function?
e. Write a real-life example of a function that has an inverse function.

2. (D1, D2, D3) Find the equation of the lines that:

a. Passes through the points (-4, 3) and (2, 1).

b. It has a slope -3/4 and passes through the point (5, 2).
1 2
c. Has slope − 3
and passes through the point (0, 3
).

Find the equation of the inverse function in each equation from the previous exercise
and graph.

3. (D1, D3) Select all graphs of functions that have an inverse function.

a. b.
c.
d.

4. (D1, D3) Determine if the following functions have an inverse function:

a. The function relationship given by the data table relationship:

b. The line that passes through the points (-1,1) (-2, 2) (-3, 3) (1, -1).

5. (D4) Solve the following applications of inverse functions:

a. Your wage is $8.00 per hour plus $0.75 for each uit produced per hour. So, your hourly
wage y in terms of the number of units produced is 𝑦 = 8 + 0. 75𝑥
● Find the inverse function
● What does each variable represent in the inverse function?
● Determine the number of units produced when your hourly wage is $22.25
b. Jimmy is driving home from a vacation. His car is on cruise control so he maintains a
constant speed. After 3 hours of driving, he is 740 km from home. After 6 hours, he is
461 km from home.

● Write the equation of the function that relates the distance you need to get home
to the number of hours.

● From the previous function, find the equation that relates the number of hours to
the distance at which it is located.

● After 2 hours of travel, how far away is he?

● How many hours have passed if he is 200 km from his house?

c. A school decides to sell t-shirts to raise money. If they sell 20 shirts, they will lose $30.
If they sell 100 shirts, they will make $650.

● What is the price of each t-shirt?

● Write the equation of the function that relates the profits obtained with respect to
the t-shirts sold.

● Find the equation of the inverse function.

● How many shirts must they sell to make a profit of $463?

d. The factory sales f (in millions of dollars) of digital cameras in the united states from
1998 through 2003 are shown in the table. The time (in years) is given by t, with t=8
corresponding to 1998.

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● Does 𝑓 exist?
−1
● If 𝑓 exists, what does it represent in the context
of the problem?
−1
● Find 𝑓 (1825)
● If the table was extended to 2004 and if the
factory sales of digital cameras for that year was
−1
$2794 million, would 𝑓 exist? Explain.