• Congratulations to the Class of 2024 on your results!
    Let us know how you went here
    Got a question about your uni preferences? Ask us here

Sketching inverse trig graphs (1 Viewer)

eyeseeyou

Well-Known Member
Joined
Nov 20, 2015
Messages
4,125
Location
Space
Gender
Undisclosed
HSC
N/A
If you have something like -3<sin^-1 (x/4)<3 how would you find x?
 

InteGrand

Well-Known Member
Joined
Dec 11, 2014
Messages
6,109
Gender
Male
HSC
N/A
Here are the required steps (in order):

1) Take the arctan graph and shift it right 3 units.

2) Compress this vertically by a factor of 2.

3) Shift this up 2 units.
 

eyeseeyou

Well-Known Member
Joined
Nov 20, 2015
Messages
4,125
Location
Space
Gender
Undisclosed
HSC
N/A
Here are the required steps (in order):

1) Take the arctan graph and shift it right 3 units.

2) Compress this vertically by a factor of 2.

3) Shift this up 2 units.
Become wider or thinner?
 

eyeseeyou

Well-Known Member
Joined
Nov 20, 2015
Messages
4,125
Location
Space
Gender
Undisclosed
HSC
N/A
Here are the required steps (in order):

1) Take the arctan graph and shift it right 3 units.

2) Compress this vertically by a factor of 2.

3) Shift this up 2 units.
So the origin for this graph is (3,2)?
 

eyeseeyou

Well-Known Member
Joined
Nov 20, 2015
Messages
4,125
Location
Space
Gender
Undisclosed
HSC
N/A
Help

1. Let f(x)=sin^-1 x
a. State the domain and rage of f(x)
b. Find f'(x) and f''(x)
c. Is f'(x) undefined at x=1 and x=-1. Deduce the tangents to the curve at these points
d. Show that the line y=x is a tangent to the curve y=f(x) at (0,0)
e. Sketch y=f(x) and y=x
f. For what value of m does the line y=mx cut y=f(x) at three points
g. Investigate the concavity of the curve and find the coordinates of the point of inflextion
 

InteGrand

Well-Known Member
Joined
Dec 11, 2014
Messages
6,109
Gender
Male
HSC
N/A
Help

1. Let f(x)=sin^-1 x
a. State the domain and rage of f(x)
b. Find f'(x) and f''(x)
c. Is f'(x) undefined at x=1 and x=-1. Deduce the tangents to the curve at these points
d. Show that the line y=x is a tangent to the curve y=f(x) at (0,0)
e. Sketch y=f(x) and y=x
f. For what value of m does the line y=mx cut y=f(x) at three points
g. Investigate the concavity of the curve and find the coordinates of the point of inflextion
Which parts do you need help with? Do you know how to differentiate/graph/etc. the inverse sine function?
 

InteGrand

Well-Known Member
Joined
Dec 11, 2014
Messages
6,109
Gender
Male
HSC
N/A
The whole thing

a. For domain I got -pi/2=<x=<pi/2
b. f'(x)=(sin^-1 x)' which idk

c-g idk either
You may want to check your textbook, lots of these are very basic and there's not much point doing this topic if you haven't learnt the basics yet.
 

Trebla

Administrator
Administrator
Joined
Feb 16, 2005
Messages
8,401
Gender
Male
HSC
2006
Help

1. Let f(x)=sin^-1 x
a. State the domain and rage of f(x)
b. Find f'(x) and f''(x)
c. Is f'(x) undefined at x=1 and x=-1. Deduce the tangents to the curve at these points
d. Show that the line y=x is a tangent to the curve y=f(x) at (0,0)
e. Sketch y=f(x) and y=x
f. For what value of m does the line y=mx cut y=f(x) at three points
g. Investigate the concavity of the curve and find the coordinates of the point of inflextion
Do you know what an inverse sine function is? If you are studying ahead (which I would advise against doing if you haven't yet mastered the basics of Year 11), I suggest you read how it is derived first.
 

eyeseeyou

Well-Known Member
Joined
Nov 20, 2015
Messages
4,125
Location
Space
Gender
Undisclosed
HSC
N/A
Do you know what an inverse sine function is? If you are studying ahead (which I would advise against doing if you haven't yet mastered the basics of Year 11), I suggest you read how it is derived first.
Yes basically it's a sine curve which is restricted so that it becomes a one to one function

I plan (at the end of the year) to get up to binomial theorem and in the summer holidays, start on past papers
 

aoc

Active Member
Joined
Jan 8, 2016
Messages
166
Gender
Male
HSC
2016
1a) domain is -1 to 1, range is -pi/2 to pi/2
b) first derivative is 1/sqaure root (1-x^2), second derivative shouldnt be too hard to do
c)it is defined at 1 and -1, but its derivative is not defined at x=1 or -1
 

Users Who Are Viewing This Thread (Users: 0, Guests: 1)

Top