Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Reflections and Inverse Functions

Hay guyz I'm going to teach you about reflections and inverse functions

  • In the equation, y= Af(B (x+C))+D , when ever the "A" value is a negative number, the function will reflect in the x-axis changing all y values to the opposite sign. 

                                 
          Once all the y values have switched their sign, it would like the orange function below, where the purple function was f(x) = x


                                                               
  • In the same equation y= Af(B (x+C))+D , when the "B" value is a negative number, the function will reflect in the y axis changing all x values to the opposite sign.                                                         
      In this graph, the original function was the green function, but since the function has been reflected in the y axis the x values became opposite.


  • If the function is to be inverted, the function will reflect along the y=x line. To perform that sort of function you'd need to replace f(x) with a y
                                                 f(x) = (3x+3)+1 -------> y= (3x+3)+1

        The next step would be to replace the "y" with the "x" and vice-versa 

                                                y=  (3x+3)+1 ------->  x= (3y+3)+1

         Then from there you'd solve for y
                     
                     x= (3y+3)+1 ------->  x -1 = 3y+3  ------->   x - 4 = 3y   ------->  1x - 4  = y
                                                                                                       3                              3     3 

          And there is your inverse equation!

                                                                           1x -  = y
                                                                            3     3 

         Hopefully with all of this you can solve your equations. 


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