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So I'm preparing for my further studies (last year of high school, preparing so I can try and join the academy that I want), and just solving problems. Got stuck on this one:

Find the inverse of $$f(x)=\sin(3x-1)$$ in the domain of $x \in \left[\dfrac{2-\pi}{6}, \dfrac{2+\pi}{6}\right]$.

What I've tried so far is:

$f(x) = y\\y=\sin(3x-1)\\y = \sin(3x)\cos(1)-\cos(3x)\sin(1)$

At this point I have no idea what to do, I thought of trying to split $3x=2x+x$ and continuing but it would be too messy.

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You are probably over thinking about the simple thing.

Recall the definition of Inverse of a function.

In mathematics, an inverse function (or anti-function) is a function that "reverses" another function: if the function f applied to an input x gives a result of y, then applying its inverse function g to y gives the result x, and vice versa, i.e., f(x) = y if and only if g(y) = x.

To write an inverse of a function, you have to represent the whole function of $x$ in $f(x)$ or $y$. What I mean from this is:

$f(x) = sin(3x - 1)$

You can call $f(x)$ as $y$.

$y = sin(3x - 1)$

Now write the whole function of x in terms of y.

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

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

And this is your inverse function.

Now if you want to write it in terms of π or more precisely, you can write 1 as $(\sin^{-1}(π/2)$ and apply $sin(A) + sin(B)$.

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  • $\begingroup$ Yeah I knew how to get the inverse of a function, the problem was I didn't know what to do with the y=sin(3x-1), got it as arcsin(y) = 3x-1, and just solved that for x $\endgroup$
    – Aleksa
    Oct 7, 2018 at 10:29
  • $\begingroup$ That's great! If this answer is correct according to your question, Kindly mark it as correct and upvote it. I'd appreciate that. Thank you. $\endgroup$ Oct 7, 2018 at 10:34
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Hint: If $$y=\sin(3x-1)$$ then $$\arcsin(y)=3x-1$$

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HINT:

  • Rearrange the equation so you have $x$ in terms of $f(x)$

  • Write down a domain for this inverse function, by considering the possible values of $\arcsin$

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The equation $\sin(3x-1)=y$ has the solutions $$ 3x-1=\arcsin y+2k\pi \qquad\text{or}\qquad 3x-1=\pi-\arcsin y+2k\pi $$ Since you know that $\frac{2-\pi}{6}\le x\le\frac{2+\pi}{6}$, you also have $$ 3\frac{2-\pi}{6}-1\le 3x-1\le 3\frac{2+\pi}{6}-1 $$ that is, $$ -\frac{\pi}{2}\le 3x-1\le\frac{\pi}{2} $$ so we have to take the solution from the first family, with $k=0$, because by definition $-\pi/2\le\arcsin y\le\pi/2$.

Thus $3x-1=\arcsin y$ and therefore $$ x=\frac{1}{3}(1+\arcsin y) $$ The inverse is the function, defined over $[-1,1]$, $$ g(y)=\frac{1}{3}(1+\arcsin y) $$

Different domains for $\sin(3x-1)$ would lead to different determinations of the family of solutions or of $k$. For instance, the inverse of $f(x)=\sin(3x-1)$ over $\bigl[\frac{\pi+2}{6},\frac{3\pi+2}{6}\bigr]$ would be $$ g(y)=\frac{1}{3}(1+\pi-\arcsin y) $$

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