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Explanation:

How to find inverse function:

Step 1: Write down equation.


f(x) = 4 \sin(x) + 3

Remeber Ruler notation that

f(x)=y so we replace y with f(x).


y = 4 \sin(x) + 3

Next, we must isolate x so first we subtract 3.


y - 3 = 4 \sin(x)

Divide both sides by 4.


(y - 3)/(4) = \sin(x)


\sin {}^( - 1) ( (y - 3)/(4) ) = \sin {}^( - 1) ( \sin(x) )

Remeber that sin^-1x and sin x are inverse functions so they will cancel out to x. So we get


\sin {}^( - 1) ( (y - 3)/(4) ) = x

Swap x and y. So our inverse function is


\sin {}^( - 1) ( (x - 3)/(4) ) = y

If you want another proof: Here's one,

Let plug an a x value for the orginal equation,

4 sin x+3. Let say that


x = (\pi)/(2)

We then would get


4 \sin( (\pi)/(2 ) ) + 3 = 4 * (1) + 3 = 4 + 3 = 7

So when x=pi/2, y=7.

By definition of a inverse function, if we let 7 be our input, we should get pi/2. as a output.

So let see.


\sin {}^( - 1) ( (7 - 3)/(4) ) = \sin {}^( - 1) ( (4)/(4) ) = \sin {}^( - 1) (1) = (\pi)/(2)

So this is the inverse function of 4 sin x+3.

1b. The range of f(x) is [-1,7).

We can use transformations to describe range.

We have


f(x) = 4 \sin(x) + 3

Parent function is


\sin(x)

with a range of [-1,1].

We then vertical stretch by 4 so we get


4 \sin(x)

and our range will be

[-4,4].

Then we add a vertical shift of 3.


4 \sin(x) + 3

So our range of 4 sin x+3.

[-1,7].

1c. Domain of a inverse function is the range of the orginal function.

The range of f(x) is [-1,7) so the domain of f^-1(x) is [-1,7].

f(x) domain was restricted to -pi/2 to pi/2 so the range of f^-1(x) is [-pi/2, pi/2]

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