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Cambridge IGCSE Additional Mathematics

1.5-1.6, 1.8Inverse functions

Inverse functions in Cambridge IGCSE Additional Mathematics: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Learning objectives

What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.

  1. 1.5Explain in words why a given function has no inverse.
  2. 1.6Find the inverse of a one-one function, using correct notation.
  3. 1.8Sketch a function and its inverse and show they are reflections in y = x.

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  • Inverse functions

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Inverse functions: sample question

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Given f(x)=3x−4f(x) = 3x - 4, find f−1(11)f^{-1}(11).

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