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Natasha_Volkova [10]
3 years ago
13

What’s the inverse function

Mathematics
2 answers:
Ad libitum [116K]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:

f^{-1}(x)=-2x+6.

Step-by-step explanation:

y=f(x)

y=3-\frac{1}{2}x

The biggest thing about finding the inverse is swapping x and y.  The inverse comes from switching all the points on the graph of the original.  So a point (x,y) on the original becomes (y,x) on the original's inverse.

Sway x and y in:

y=3-\frac{1}{2}x

x=3-\frac{1}{2}y

Now we want to remake y the subject (that is solve for y):

Subtract 3 on both sides:

x-3=-\frac{1}{2}y

Multiply both sides by -2:

-2(x-3)=y

We could leave as this or we could distribute:

-2x+6=y

The inverse equations is y=-2x+6.

Now some people rename this f^{-1} or just call it another name like g.

f^{-1}(x)=-2x+6.

Let's verify this is the inverse.

If they are inverses then you will have that:

f(f^{-1}(x))=x \text{ and } f^{-1}(f(x))=x

Let's try the first:

f(f^{-1}(x))

f(-2x+6)  (Replace inverse f with -2x+6 since we had f^{-1})(x)=-2x+6

3-\frac{1}{2}(-2x+6)  (Replace old output, x, in f with new input, -2x+6)

3+x-3  (I distributed)

x

Bingo!

Let's try the other way.

f^{-1}(f(x))

f^{-1}(3-\frac{1}{2}x) (Replace f(x) with 3-(1/2)x since f(x)=3-\frac{1}{2}x)

-2(3-\frac{1}{2}x)+6 (Replace old input, x, in -2x+6 with 3-(1/2)x since f(x)=3-\frac{1}{2}x)

-6+x+6 (I distributed)

x

So both ways we got x.

We have confirmed what we found is the inverse of the original function.

GalinKa [24]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:

\laege\boxed{f^{-1}(x)=-2x+6}

Step-by-step explanation:

f(x)=3-\dfrac{1}{2}x\to y=3-\dfrac{1}{2}x\\\\\text{Exchange x to y and vice versa:}\\\\x=3-\dfrac{1}{2}y\\\\\text{Solve for}\ y:\\\\3-\dfrac{1}{2}y=x\qquad\text{subtract 3 from both sides}\\\\-\dfrac{1}{2}y=x-3\qquad\text{multiply both sides by (-2)}\\\\\left(-2\!\!\!\!\diagup^1\right)\cdot\left(-\dfrac{1}{2\!\!\!\!\diagup_1}y\right)=-2x-3(-2)\\\\y=-2x+6

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