Not all roles available for this page.
Sign in to view assessments and invite other educators
Sign in using your existing Kendall Hunt account. If you don’t have one, create an educator account.
Lin is comparing the cost of buying cookbooks at different online stores.
If we know the temperature in degrees Celsius, , we can find the temperature in degrees Fahrenheit, , using the equation:
| 0 | 100 | 25 | ||||
| 104 | 50 | 62.6 |
The equation defines the temperature in degrees Rankine as a function of the temperature in degrees Celsius.
Show that the equation defines the inverse of that function.
Your teacher will give you either a problem card or a data card. Do not show or read your card to your partner.
If your teacher gives you the problem card:
If your teacher gives you the data card:
At a party, hexagonal tables are placed side by side along one side, as shown here.
How many tables are needed if the following number of people are attending the party? Be prepared to explain your reasoning.
It is helpful to interpret the inverse of a function in terms of a situation and the quantities it represents.
Suppose a linear function gives the dollar cost, , of renting some equipment for hours. The function is defined by this equation:
If we know the number of hours of rental, , we can substitute it into the expression and evaluate it to find the cost, .
What is the inverse of this function, and what does it tell us about the length and cost of rental?
To find the inverse, let's solve for :
If we know the cost of rental, , we can substitute it into the expression and evaluate it to find the hours of rental, .
Notice that the equation defining the inverse function is found by reversing the process that defines the original linear function.