Lesson 16
Finding and Interpreting Inverse Functions
Problem 1
Tickets to a family concert cost $10 for adults and $3 for children. The concert organizers collected a total of $900 from ticket sales.
- In this situation, what is the meaning of each variable in the equation \(10A + 3C = 900\)?
- If 42 adults were at the concert, how many children attended?
- If 140 children were at the concert , how many adults attended?
- Write an equation to represent \(C\) as a function of \(A\). Explain what this function tells us about the situation.
- Write an equation to represent \(A\) as a function of \(C\). Explain what this function tell us about the situation.
Solution
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Problem 2
A school group has $600 to spend on T-shirts. The group is buying from a store that gives them a $5 discount off the regular price per shirt.
\(n=\dfrac{600}{p-5}\) gives the number of shirts, \(n\), that can be purchased at a regular price, \(p\).
\(p=\dfrac{600}{n}+5\) gives the regular price, \(p\), of a shirt when \(n\) shirts are bought.
- What is \(n\) when \(p\) is 20?
- What is \(p\) when \(n\) is 40?
- Is one function an inverse of the other? Explain how you know.
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Problem 3
Functions \(f\) and \(g\) are inverses, and \(f(\text-2)=3\). Is the point \((3,\text-2)\) on the graph of \(f\), on the graph of \(g\), or neither?
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Problem 4
Here are two equations that relate two quantities, \(p\) and \(Q\):
\(Q=7p + 1,\!999\)
\(p=\dfrac{Q-1,999}{7}\)
Select all statements that are true about \(p\) and \(Q\).
\(Q=7p + 1,\!999\) could represent a function, but \(p=\dfrac{Q-1,999}{7}\) could not.
Each equation could represent a function.
\(p=\dfrac{Q-1,999}{7}\) could represent a function, but \(Q=7p + 1,\!999\) could not.
The two equations represent two functions that are inverses of one another.
If \(Q=7p + 1,\!999\) represents a function, then the inverse function can be defined by \(p=7Q-1,\!999\).
Solution
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Problem 5
Elena plays the piano for 30 minutes each practice day. The total number of minutes \(p\) that Elena practiced last week is a function of \(n\), the number of practice days.
Find the domain and range for this function.
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(From Unit 4, Lesson 10.)Problem 6
The graph shows the attendance at a sports game as a function of time in minutes.
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Describe how attendance changed over time.
- Describe the domain.
- Describe the range.
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(From Unit 4, Lesson 11.)Problem 7
Two children set up a lemonade stand in their front yard. They charge $1 for every cup. They sell a total of 15 cups of lemonade. The amount of money the children earned, \(R\) dollars, is a function of the number of cups of lemonade they sold, \(n\).
- Is 20 part of the domain of this function? Explain your reasoning.
- What does the range of this function represent?
- Describe the set of values in the range of \(R\).
- Is the graph of this function discrete or continuous? Explain your reasoning.
Solution
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(From Unit 4, Lesson 11.)Problem 8
Here is the graph of function \(f\), which represents Andre's distance from his bicycle as he walked in a park.
- Estimate \(f(5)\).
- Estimate \(f(17)\).
- For what values of \(t\) does \(f(t)=8\)?
- For what values of \(t\) does \(f(t)=6.5\)?
- For what values of \(t\) does \(f(t)=10\)?
Solution
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(From Unit 4, Lesson 6.)