One to One

Calculus Level 3

Let f ( x ) = 3 x 7 + 2 x 2 + 4 x + 1 f(x) = 3x^7+2x^2+4x+1 . Then f f is one to one. Use this information to compute ( f 1 ( 1 ) ) (f^{-1}(1))' .

1 4 \frac{1}{4} 4 -4 1 4 -\frac{1}{4} 1 29 \frac{1}{29}

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We note that f ( 0 ) = 1 f(0) = 1 . Since f f is one-to-one, this implies that f 1 ( 1 ) = 0 f^{-1}(1) = 0 . Let y = f ( x ) y=f(x) , then ( f 1 ( x ) ) = d x d y = 1 d y d x = 1 21 x 6 + 4 x + 4 (f^{-1}(x))' = \dfrac {dx}{dy} = \dfrac 1{\frac {dy}{dx}} = \dfrac 1{21x^6+4x+4} . ( f 1 ( 1 ) ) = d x d y x = 0 = 1 4 \implies (f^{-1}(1))' =\dfrac {dx}{dy} \bigg|_{x=0} = \boxed{\dfrac 14} .

Vincent Moroney
Jun 7, 2018

Since f f is one to one, we know the following property holds for f f and its inverse: f ( f 1 ( x ) ) = x f(f^{-1}(x)) = x and differentiating both sides gives f ( f 1 ( x ) ) ( f 1 ( x ) ) = 1 f'(f^{-1}(x))(f^{-1}(x))' = 1 ( f 1 ( x ) ) = 1 f ( f 1 ( x ) ) (f^{-1}(x))' = \frac{1}{ f'(f^{-1}(x))} and all that remains is to compute f 1 ( 1 ) f^{-1}(1) . To do this we notice that f ( 0 ) = 1 f(0) = 1 so it must be that 0 = f 1 ( 1 ) 0 = f^{-1}(1) and since f ( 0 ) = 4 f'(0) = 4 we have ( f 1 ( 1 ) ) = 1 4 (f^{-1}(1))' = \boxed{\frac{1}{4}}

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