INVERSE CIRCULAR FUNCTIONS

Learning Objectives
1. illustrate the domain and range of the inverse circular
functions
2. evaluate an inverse trigonometric (or circular) expression
 Inverse Functions
For all x in the domain of f and all y in the range of f
f-1(f(x)) = x and f(f-1(y)) = y

For the inverse to exist and be well-defined,

a function must first be one-to-one
 Inverse Circular Functions
• the circular functions are not one-to-one
we will restrict our attention to only a part of the domain of a
circular function, s.t. the circular function becomes one-to-one

The Sine Function

f(x) = sin x, – ≤ x ≤

y = sin-1x if and only if x = sin y, – ≤ y ≤ –

 Inverse Circular Functions
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The domain of the inverse sine function is [-1,1] and

the range is [ , ]
Evaluate
• the following:

Let . Then

Let .
Then
Evaluate
• the following:

Let . Then ,
Evaluate
• the following:

Let . Then
Evaluate
• the following:

Let . Then ,

Let . Then
Evaluate
• the following:

Let . Then ,

Let
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Evaluate the following:

Let . Then
Exercises
Evaluate
• the following