Solution Assignment 1
INVERSE OF FUNCTIONS
Inverse of x
f 1 ( x)=3 ln (2 e −5)−1
Let y=f 1 (x ):
x
y=3 ln (2 e −5)−1
Step 1:
x
y +1=3 ln (2 e −5)
Step 2:
y+ 1 x
=ln (2e −5)
3
Step 3: Exponentiate:
(y +1)/3 x
e =2 e −5
Step 4: Solve for e x :
x ( y+1)/3
2 e =e +5
(y +1)/3
x e +5
e=
2
Step 5: Take ln:
( )
( y+1 )/ 3
e +5
x=ln
2
🔹 Final Answer:
f −1
1 (x )=ln ( e(x+1)/ 3+5
2 )
Inverse of
f 2 ( x)=cos ( √ 35x−4
x +1
)−2
Let y=f 2 (x ):
y +2=cos ( √ 35x−4
x+1
)
Step 1: Apply arccos:
arccos ( y +2)=
√ 5 x+1
3 x−4
Step 2: Square:
2 5 x+1
arccos ( y+ 2)=
3 x−4
Step 3: Solve rationally:
Multiply:
2
arccos ( y+ 2)(3 x−4)=5 x +1
Expand:
2 2
3 arccos ( y +2) x−4 arccos ( y +2)=5 x +1
Group x -terms:
2 2
3 arccos ( y+ 2 ) x −5 x =1+ 4 arccos ( y +2)
2 2
(3 arccos ( y+ 2)−5) x=1+4 arccos ( y +2)
2
4 arccos ( y +2)+ 1
x=
3 arccos 2 ( y +2)−5
🔹 Final Answer:
2
4 arccos ( x +2)+1
f −1
2 (x )=
3 arccos 2 (x+ 2)−5
Inverse of
f 3 ( x)=3sin −1
( 4x )+2
Let y=3 sin −1
(x /4)+2
Step 1:
−1
y−2=3 sin (x /4)
Step 2:
y−2 −1
=sin (x /4)
3
Step 3: Apply sine:
sin ( y−2
3 ) 4
=
x
x=4 sin ( y−2
3 )
Replace y with input variable x :
🔹 Final Answer:
f −1
3 (x )=4 sin ( x−2
3 )
Inverse of
2x
e +1
g1 (x )= 2x
e −1
Let y=g 1( x):
2x
e +1
y= 2x
e −1
2x 2x
y ( e −1)=e +1
2x 2x
y e − y=e +1
2x 2x
y e −e = y +1
2x
e ( y−1)= y+1
2x y +1
e =
y−1
2 x=ln ( yy−1
+1
)
1
x= ln
2
y +1
y −1 ( )
g−1
1
1 ( x)= ln
2
x+ 1
x−1 ( )
Inverse of
g2 (x )=
√ 3 x−1
2 x +5
Let y=g 2( x):
y=
√ 3 x−1
2 x+5
Square:
2 3 x−1
y=
2 x+5
Cross-multiply:
2
y (2 x+ 5)=3 x −1
Expand:
2 2
2 y x +5 y =3 x−1
Group x-terms:
2 2
2 y x−3 x=−1−5 y
Factor x:
2 2
x (2 y −3)=−1−5 y
2
−1−5 y
x= 2
2 y −3
Now replace y with input:
2
−1 −1−5 x
g2 ( x)= 2
2 x −3
All inverses
( )
(x+1)/ 3
−1 e +5
f 1 (x) ¿ ln ,
2
4 arccos 2 (x+ 2)+1
f −1
2 (x) ¿ ,
3 arccos 2( x+2)−5
−1
f 3 (x) ¿ 4 sin
x−2
3 ( )
,
g−1
1 (x )
1
¿ ln
2
x+1
x −1 ( )
,
−1 −1−5 x 2
g2 (x ) ¿ .
2 x 2−3
COMPOSITION OF FUNCTIONS
1. f 1∘ g1
Compute f 1 (g 1 (x)):
Insert
2x
e +1
g1 (x )= 2x
e −1
into f 1 ( x)=3 ln (2 e x −5)−1:
( )
2x
e +1
2x
e −1
f 1 (g 1 (x))=3 ln 2 e −5 −1
(It does not simplify because e g (x)is not reducible to a cleaner closed form.)
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2. g2 ∘ f 2
Compute g2 (f 2 (x)):
f 2 ( x)=cos (√ 35x−4
x+1
)−2
Insert into
g2 (x )=
√ 3 x−1
2 x +5
Thus:
√ [ √ 3 x−4 )−2]−1
( 5 x+1
3 cos
g2 (f 2 (x))=
2 [ cos (
√ 3 x−4 )−2]+5
5 x+1
3. f 1∘ g1∘ f 1
First compute g1 (f 1 (x)):
x
e 2(3 ln (2 e −5 )−1)+ 1
g1 (f 1 (x))= x
e2 (3 ln (2e −5)−1 )−1
Then plug into f 1:
( )
x
2(3 ln (2 e −5)−1)
e +1
x
2(3 ln (2 e −5)−1)
−1
f 1 (g 1 (f 1 ( x )))=3 ln 2 e e
− 5 −1
This is the fully correct composite form.
4. f 3∘ g1∘ f 2
First compute g1 (f 2 (x)):
e
2(cos (√ 35x−4
x+ 1
)−2) +1
g1 (f 2 (x))=
e
2(cos (√ 35x−4
x+1
)−2)−1
Then apply f 3 ( x)=3sin −1
(x /4 )+2 :
( )
1 e
2(cos (√ 35x−4
x+1
)−2) +1
−1
f 3 ( g1 (f 2( x)))=3 sin ⋅ +2
4 2 (cos (
e √ 5 x+1
3 x−4 )
−2)
−1
5. f 3∘ g2∘ f 1
First compute g2 (f 1 (x)):
g2 (f 1 (x))=
√ 3 (3 ln ( 2e x −5)−1)−1
x
2(3 ln ( 2e −5)−1)+5
Then apply f 3:
(√ )
x
−1 1 3 (3 ln (2 e −5)−1)−1
f 3 ( g2 (f 1( x)))=3 sin +2
4 2 (3 ln (2 e x −5)−1)+5