Inverse Function Notes

Name:____________________________________Period_______
Review: Function

Domain: Set of input values

(x-values)

Range: Set of output values (yvalues)

Relation: A set of ordered

What are inverses?

Finding Inverses
From a table or set
of ordered pairs

From a graph

From the inverse

form of an equation

pairs.

Example:

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Suppose ABC Electric purchases a new work truck for $34,500. They estimate that the trucks
value will depreciate to $ over 15 years. The table below shows the value () of the truck in
thousands of dollars depreciated over time in months using a straight-line depreciation method.

1.

Does

2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

the function appear to be a linear function? Explain your reasoning.

What is an appropriate domain and range for in this situation?
Write a formula for in terms of , the months since the truck was purchased.
What will the truck be worth after 30 months? 40 months?
When will the truck be valued at $30,000? $20,000?
Construct a table that shows the time of depreciation, (), in months as a function of the
value of the truck, , in thousands of dollars.
v
t(v)

7. Does the function appear to be a linear function? Explain your reasoning

8. What is an appropriate domain and range for
in this situation?
9. Write a formula for in terms of the value of the
truck, , since it was purchased.
10.Explain how you can create the formula for
using the formula for from part 5.
11.What is the relationship of the graph of v, the
graph t, and the graph of the line y=x?

Fill out the following with the words always,

sometimes or never.
______ 1.

If a function is one-to-one, then its inverse is also a function.

______ 2.

A function reflected through the line y = x will create the graph of its inverse.

______ 3.

All inverses are functions.

______ 4.

An inverse has the same parent function as the original function.

______ 5.

If the inverse function is an odd function, then the original function is also odd.

______ 6.

If the inverse of an equation is a function, the original equation is also a function.