Section 7.

1
The Inverse Sine, Cosine,
and Tangent Functions



Review of Properties of Functions and Their Inverses






























5
is not in the interval , so
8 2 2
we need an angle in the interval
5
, for which sin sin .
2 2 8
t t t
t t t
u
(

(

(
=
(






















1
5
(a) cos cos
6
t

(
| |
|
(
\ .

( )
1
(b) cos cos 0.2

1
5
(c) cos cos
4
t

(
| |
|
(
\ .

( )
1
(d) cos cos 2

| |
5 5
= since is in the interval 0, .
6 6
t t
t
| |
= 0.2 since 0.2 is in the interval 1,1 .
| |
5
Since is not in the interval 0, we find an angle that has the same
4
5 3
cosine value that is in that interval. cos cos
4 4
t
t
t t
| | | |
=
| |
\ . \ .
1
3 3
= cos cos
4 4
t t

(
| |
=
|
(
\ .

| |
This is undefined since 2 is not the interval 1,1 .









2 1 1 2
t/2
t/4
t/4
t/2
1
tan

= y x



3 2 1
t/2
t/3
t/6
t/6
t/3
1
tan

= y x









( )
1
1
Find the inverse function of 3cos 1, 0 .
Find the range of and the domain and range of .
f f x x x
f f
t

= + s s
3cos 1 y x = +
3cos 1 x y = + interchange x and y
3cos 1 y x =
1
cos
3
x
y

=
( )
1 1
1
cos
3
x
y f x

| |
= =
|
\ .
Recall that the domain of f is the range of
f
-1
and the range of f is the domain of f
-1
.
1
1
Domain of is 1 1
3
x
f


s s
3 1 3 x s s 2 4 x s s
1
So the range of is 2 4
and the range of is , .
2 2
f y
f
t t

s s
(

(







1
Solve the equati 2cos on:
2
x
t

=
1
os
4
c x
t

=
s
4
co x
t
=
2
2
x =