How are the derivatives of inverse functions related?
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Derivatives of inverse functions. Functions f and g are inverses if f(g(x))=x=g(f(x)). For every pair of such functions, the derivatives f' and g' have a special relationship. Learn about this relationship and see how it applies to ??ˣ and ln(x) (which are inverse functions!).
Then, what is the derivative of inverse functions?
The Derivative of an Inverse Function. (f−1)′(a)=pq. f′(f−1(a))=qp. (f−1)′(a)=1f′(f−1(a)).
Simply so, how do you do inverse functions?
Finding the Inverse of a Function
- First, replace f(x) with y .
- Replace every x with a y and replace every y with an x .
- Solve the equation from Step 2 for y .
- Replace y with f−1(x) f − 1 ( x ) .
- Verify your work by checking that (f∘f−1)(x)=x ( f ∘ f − 1 ) ( x ) = x and (f−1∘f)(x)=x ( f − 1 ∘ f ) ( x ) = x are both true.
The multiplicative inverse of 6 is 1/6.