ONE – TO – ONE

FUNCTION
 What is One – to – One
Function?

One-to-one function – is a function value of exactly one and

only one value in their domain.

Example 1: The definition can easily be understood by

looking at mapping diagrams and graphs.
In (a) there are two values in the domain that are both mapped onto 5 in the
range. Hence, the function f is not one-to-one function. However, in (b), for each
output in the range of g, there is only one input in the domain that gets mapped
onto it. Thus, g is a one-to-one function.

Example 2: Consider the function 𝑦 = 2𝑥 2 and 𝑦 = 2𝑥 3

whose tables of values and graphs are given below.

x -2 -1 0 1 2

𝑦 = 2𝑥 2 8 2 0 2 8
 x -2 -1 0 1 2
𝑦 = 2𝑥 3 -16 -2 0 2 16

Horizontal Line Test – is used to determine whether a function is a

one – to – one function when its graph is given. In this test, a function f
is one – to – one when every horizontal line drawn intersects the graph
of f at exactly one point.
 INVERSE
FUNCTION
What is Inverse
Function?
Inverse Function – two functions f and g are inverse functions
provided that 𝑓 𝑔 𝑥 = 𝑥 for each x in the domain of g. 𝑔 𝑓 𝑥 =𝑥
for each x in the domain of f.
- The notation 𝑓 −1 is used to represent the inverse of
a function f.

RULES:

Below are the steps in solving for the inverse of a function.

1. Replace 𝑓(𝑥) by y.
2. Interchanging x and y, and then solve for y in the resulting
equation.
3. Replace y by 𝑓 −1 𝑥 .
4. Verify if f and 𝑓 −1 are inverse functions.
Example 1: Determine the inverse of 𝑓 𝑥 = 4𝑥 + 12. Show
that 𝑓[𝑓 −1(𝑥)] = 𝑓 −1 [𝑓(𝑥)].

SOLUTION:

𝑦 = 4𝑥 + 12 Replacing 𝑓 𝑥 with y.
Interchanging x and y,
𝑥 = 4𝑦 + 12
and then solving for y.
𝑥 − 12 = 4𝑦 Subtracting 12 from
both sides.
Symmetric property of
equality and dividing both
𝑥 sides by 4.
𝑦 = −3
4
−𝟏
𝒙
𝒇 𝒙 = −𝟑 Replacing y with 𝑓 −1 𝑥 .
𝟒
Example 2: Determine the inverse of the following functions.

a. b.

SOLUTION:
a. 𝑦 = (𝑥 + 1)3+2 b.

𝑥 = (𝑦 + 1)3 +2

𝑥 − 2 = (𝑦 + 1)3
3
𝑦+1 = 𝑥−2
3 2𝑥 3 = −𝑦 − 2
𝑦= 𝑥−2−1 𝒇−𝟏 𝒙 = −𝟐𝒙𝟑 − 𝟐

𝒇 −𝟏
𝒙 =
𝟑
𝒙−𝟐−𝟏 𝑦 = −2𝑥 3 − 2