Trigonometry 7th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1111826854
ISBN 13: 978-1-11182-685-7

Appendix A - Section A.2 - The Inverse of a Function - A.2 Problem Set - Page 497: 41

Answer

$f^{-1}(x) = \frac{1}{x}$

Work Step by Step

$f(x) = \frac{1}{x}$ Let $f(x) = y$ $y = \frac{1}{x}$ Swap $x$ and $y$ and then solve for $y$ to find the inverse: $x = \frac{1}{y}$ $xy = 1$ $y = \frac{1}{x}$ $f^{-1}(x) = \frac{1}{x}$
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