Section 4.7 Notes Inverse Trig Functions Name two points on y = 2x + 5. (0, 5) and (1, 7) Find the inverse of y = 2x + 5. Switch the x and y and solve for y. x 2y 5 2y x 5 1 5 y x 2 2 Name two points on the inverse. (5, 0) and (7, 1) Inverse Sine Function Graph two cycles of y = sin x. Label the key points. State the domain and range of this function. D: (-∞, ∞) (-3π/2, 1) (π/2, 1) R: [-1, 1] (-π, 0) (0, 0) (-2π, 0) (-π/2, -1) (2π, 0) (π, 0) (3π/2, -1) Write the inverse of the key points on the previous graph. Graph these new points on the graph. Think about how you must label the x- and y-axes. Graph the inverse of the previous graph. Is it a function? (0, 2π) (-1, 3π/2) Not a function (0, π) (1, π/2) (0, 0) (-1, -π/2) (0 -π) (1, -3π/2) (0, -2π) To make the inverse on the last slide a function it must pass the vertical line test. This is done by restricting the range to 2 , 2 Regraph inverse sine using this range. (1, π/2) (0, 0) (-1, -π/2) The range for inverse sine is in what quadrants using the unit circle? 1st and 4th Quadrants /2 -/2 Inverse Cosine Function Graph two cycles of y = cos x. Label the key points. State the domain and range of this function. (0, 1) (2π, 1) (-2π, 1) (π/2, 0) (-π/2, 0) (-3π/2, 0) (-π, -1) (3π/2, 0) (π, -1) D: (-∞, ∞) R: [-1, 1] Write the inverse of the key points on the previous graph. Graph these new points on the graph. Think about how you must label the x- and y-axes. Graph the inverse of the previous graph. Is it a function? Not a function (-1, π) (1, 2π) (0, 3π/2) (0, π/2) (1, 0) (-1, -π) (0, -π/2) (0, -3π/2) (1, -2π) To make the inverse on the last slide a function it must pass the vertical line test. This is done by restricting the range to 0, (-1, π) (0, π/2) (1, 0) The range for inverse cosine is in what quadrants using the unit circle? 1st and 2nd Quadrants 0 Inverse Tangent Function Graph two cycles of y = tan x. Label the asymptotes and zeros. (π, 0) (0, 0) Write the inverse of the zeros on the previous graph. Graph these new points on the graph. Think about how you must label the x- and y-axes. Graph the inverse of the previous graph. Is it a function? Not a function (0, π) (0, 0) To make the inverse on the last slide a function it must pass the vertical line test. This is done by restricting the range to , 2 2 The range for inverse tangent is in what quadrants using the unit circle? 1st and 4th Quadrants /2 -/2 Write the following inverses using three different notations. y = sin x x = sin y y = sin-1 x y = arcsin x y = cos x x = cos y y = cos-1 x y = arccos x y = tan x x = tan y y = tan-1 x y = arctan x Example 1 Evaluate the following. a. arcsin 1 2 Rewrite as sin y 1. R : , 2 2 b. arctan(0) = 0 tan y = 0 R: , 2 2 c. 1 2 arccos 2 3 1 cos y 2 R : 0, 3 d. sin 3 2 1 3 sin y 2 R : , 2 2 e. 3 tan 3 6 1 3 tan y 3 R: , 2 2 Example 2 Evaluate the following. a. sin–1(sin (–/2)) sin–1(-1) = –/2 R : , 2 2 b. 5 sin sin 3 3 1 3 sin 2 1 R : , 2 2 Example 3 2 Find the exact value of tan arccos . 3 2 adj 2 Let = arccos , then cos . 3 hyp 3 y 3 32 22 5 θ 2 x 2 opp 5 tan arccos tan 3 adj 2 2nd Day Example 4 a. Let y = arccos x. Find sin y x cos y = x 1 sin y = 1 x 1 2 1 x y x 2 b. x Let y arccos . Find tan y. 3 x cos y 3 9 x2 tan y x 3 9 x y x 2 c. x Let y arctan . Find csc y. 2 x tan y 2 csc y x2 2 x x2 2 x y 2 Example 5 A security car with its spotlight on is parked 20 meters from a warehouse. Consider θ and x as shown in the figure. a. Write θ as a function of x. x tan 20 x arctan 20 b. Find θ when x = 5 meters and x = 12 meters. 5 arctan 20 14.036 12 arctan 20 30.964