What is the slope of the normal line at x=3 for the inverse of f(x)=5x2+3e2x?

[Jude075]

Homework Statement

The function f(x)=5x²+3e^2x is invertible. Give the slope of the normal line to the graph of f^-1 at x=3

Homework Equations

(f^-1)'(x)=1/f^'(f^-1(x))
The slope of the normal line × the slope of the tangent =-1
So basically I just need to find -f^'(f^-1(x)) at x=3

The Attempt at a Solution

Derivative of the original function is 10x+6e^2x, but I cannot find f^-1(x) as I am not able to inverse the function.
Thank you in advance

 

[Millennial]

You don't need the full expression of the inverse to find its value at a particular point. The value f^{-1}(3) = x_0 is supposed to satisfy the equation \displaystyle f(x_0) = 5x_0^2 + 3e^{2x_0} = 3. Any idea what that x_0 might be?

 

[Jude075]

You don't need the full expression of the inverse to find its value at a particular point. The value f^{-1}(3) = x_0 is supposed to satisfy the equation \displaystyle f(x_0) = 5x_0^2 + 3e^{2x_0} = 3. Any idea what that x_0 might be?

This is just as difficult as finding the full expression for me. Please elaborate it more. Thank you!

 

[micromass]

This is just as difficult as finding the full expression for me. Please elaborate it more. Thank you!

There's no way to solve it analytically. The only thing to do is to guess some numbers and see if they work. Luckily, there is some easy number that does the trick!

 

[Millennial]

There's no way to solve it analytically. The only thing to do is to guess some numbers and see if they work. Luckily, there is some easy number that does the trick!

Micromass is correct, if you waste time trying to find the inverse in a test, you will lose time for nothing. Here are a few tips for you to find the obvious solution to that equation:

- x^2 is not a nonzero function.
- e^x is a nonzero function.
- The coefficient of e^{2x_0} in the expression is the value of the expression.

 

[Mentallic]

This is just as difficult as finding the full expression for me. Please elaborate it more. Thank you!

We want to find the value of x such that

5x^2+3e^{2x}=3

Usually we would go about solving for x, but in this case, we can't because there is no analytic solution. That is, we don't have any easy way of writing x = ...

But the question purposely used the value of 3, which gives us a nice easy value for x that we can guess and find. If the question gave us a 4 or various other numbers instead, then we'd be out of luck and would have to go to the trouble of approximating a value for x.

So, what value of x solves that equation? Notice that x² is never negative, so 5x² is never negative, and e^2x is always more than zero hence 3e^2x>0. Hence since we are adding these two non-negative expressions, and we want them to add up to just 3, we should probably look at small values of x (not large negative else x² is a large value).

 

[Jude075]

We want to find the value of x such that

5x^2+3e^{2x}=3

Usually we would go about solving for x, but in this case, we can't because there is no analytic solution. That is, we don't have any easy way of writing x = ...

But the question purposely used the value of 3, which gives us a nice easy value for x that we can guess and find. If the question gave us a 4 or various other numbers instead, then we'd be out of luck and would have to go to the trouble of approximating a value for x.

So, what value of x solves that equation? Notice that x² is never negative, so 5x² is never negative, and e^2x is always more than zero hence 3e^2x>0. Hence since we are adding these two non-negative expressions, and we want them to add up to just 3, we should probably look at small values of x (not large negative else x² is a large value).

It's 0,so the slope is -6 :)
Thank you guys very much!

 

[Mentallic]

It's 0,so the slope is -6 :)
Thank you guys very much!

That's it

 

[skiller]

Sorry to bump this thread but I was just reading it and I had a different approach and came up with a different answer and I can't see where my logic has gone wrong. I'm pretty tired at the moment so I'm sure someone will put me right here...

The function is:

f(x) = 5x^2 + 3e^{2x}
The question is:

What is the slope of the normal of f^{-1} at x=3 ?

Well, as already stated:

the slope of the normal = -1/the slope of tangent

Also, as the graph of f^{-1} is just the graph of f reflected in the line y=x, then surely...

the slope of the tangent of f^{-1} = 1/the slope of tangent of f

Therefore, the slope of the normal of f^{-1} = -f'

f'(x) = 10x + 6e^{2x}
-f'(3) = -30 - 6e^6
So the answer to the question is: -6(e^6+5)

Where is the error in my logic?

 

[Jude075]

Sorry to bump this thread but I was just reading it and I had a different approach and came up with a different answer and I can't see where my logic has gone wrong. I'm pretty tired at the moment so I'm sure someone will put me right here...

The function is:

f(x) = 5x^2 + 3e^{2x}
The question is:

What is the slope of the normal of f^{-1} at x=3 ?

Well, as already stated:

the slope of the normal = -1/the slope of tangent

Also, as the graph of f^{-1} is just the graph of f reflected in the line y=x, then surely...

the slope of the tangent of f^{-1} = 1/the slope of tangent of f

Therefore, the slope of the normal of f^{-1} = -f'

f'(x) = 10x + 6e^{2x}
-f'(3) = -30 - 6e^6
So the answer to the question is: -6(e^6+5)

Where is the error in my logic?

You need to plug in f^-1(x) instead of x, which is 0 .

 

[skiller]

You need to plug in f^-1(x) instead of x, which is 0 .

Got it now, sorry.

Told you I was tired! :zzz: