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  • @shreendawg123
    @shreendawg123 Před 10 lety +272

    why cant my schools just play your vids in classes???

    • @supercoolmunkee
      @supercoolmunkee Před 6 lety +13

      Lol, your comment is four years old. Just simply take online class, and when you're in a bind, look for a CZcams video. I just like to learn the basics first by finding the solutions to get from Point A to Point B of the problem. That is all I really need to know. Why do teachers need to spend 30 minute to an hour on a specific type of problem? I feel like the problem is you gotta try and explain it in different ways to 30 students in one class when you could just watch this by yourself and have no problem solving it and actually seeing it visually.

    • @preciouspurplepuppy1628
      @preciouspurplepuppy1628 Před 4 lety +23

      Oh how the time changes, watching this is my math class and I am in public school, a pandemic really changes things.

    • @jasinsworld3095
      @jasinsworld3095 Před 3 lety +1

      @@supercoolmunkee but not all has internet connection bro

    • @fishby8070
      @fishby8070 Před 3 lety +9

      @@jasinsworld3095 But nothing's fair. Some people just have to work harder than others to get to the same level.

    • @rajkir2852
      @rajkir2852 Před 3 lety +5

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  • @joymariearga
    @joymariearga Před 6 lety +77

    its just amazing how this video is uploaded way back in 2010 but is still very useful today and will be for the years to come. Thank you Khan Academy!!

    • @shezaag1171
      @shezaag1171 Před 25 dny

      tbh, cant even remember using social media before corona 🙂

  • @KosovaWarrior
    @KosovaWarrior Před 10 lety +155

    Teachers in our school just complicate it as much as possible to mash our brains...but you Khan Academy are something that brought help to me and many other people...I am making progress in math only because of you and not because of my teachers...they are very bad,thank you,keep going.

    • @gorannmnm
      @gorannmnm Před 6 lety +8

      When you realize that all of years spent in elementary and high school are useless it's such a shame. Teachers only teached us how to calculate something and telling us to remeber all that formulas. They never teached us concepts and we have never had motivation to learn.

    • @unifiedgaming4526
      @unifiedgaming4526 Před 5 lety +4

      I wouldn't say all teachers, but I do feel like there are some who don't teach it that well.

    • @gorannmnm
      @gorannmnm Před 5 lety +1

      @@benjaming4659 Dear Benjamin, they are very competent, but the way they teach us is not the right way. But it's just the way it is. You will learn the process of solving examples but the idea, history, goals, real world applications you just need to learn by youself. If they know all that yet why they don't tell us?

    • @flowerpetals5455
      @flowerpetals5455 Před 5 lety +2

      Don’t know about your teacher but my techers tech almost in the same way as Khan Academy, I just need more time to understand. So, I can watch this video whole day (whereas I can't ask my techer to explain me the whole day...) Teachers really do there best. :)
      Thanks Khan Academy. 🙂

  • @yonu2953
    @yonu2953 Před 3 lety +80

    Nice watching this 10 years later cause of corona🦠

  • @vmartin222
    @vmartin222 Před 10 lety +197

    THANK YOU KAHN ACADEMY YOURE MY HERO IF I GAVE YOU A DOLLAR FOR EVERY TIME YOU HAVE MADE EVERYTHING CLEAR I WOULD BE IN REALLY BAD DEBT

  • @TasyaAdzkiya
    @TasyaAdzkiya Před rokem +8

    5:15 Additional notes from me: a variable is a "bucket" that can be any number based on its constraints and can be changed to any symbol, letter, or maybe shapes (it's basically anything distinct to be used to represent the "bucket") without changing the value of the expression.
    Up until x = f inverse of y = (1/2)y - 2, y is useful to see where it's coming from: it's coming from the original equation y = f(x) = 2x + 4, we just solve for x in terms of y to map from the range back to the domain or to make the output as the input and vice versa (that is why it is called inverse function).
    After we know where it's coming from, it's useful that at this point and onward, we change the symbol/variable from y to x to see the relationship between f inverse of y to f(x) or f of x. We can do that because we just change the symbol or the variable without changing the value. We could've change the y into a or b or anything, but we chose to change the y into x because we need to see the relationship between the f inverse of y and the f(x) or f of x.
    • x = f inverse of y = (1/2)y - 2 --------> change the letter y to X to see the correlation between this equation to f(x) (it's not going to change the value, it's the same as if you were to use star shapes to represent a variable and decide to change them to heart shapes)
    • x = f inverse of X = (1/2)X -2
    We now see the correlation between f inverse of X and f(x) or f of x. In fact, f inverse of X is derived from f(x).
    Notice that it might be a little confusing since now, in the x or f inverse of X equation, the domain (input) and range (output) are represented by the same variable, they are just differentiated by means of capital letter and lowercase letter: x = f inverse of X (let us use capital X as the input and the lowercase x as the output to differentiate them) = (1/2)X - 2.
    • The x (range or output) = f inverse of X (domain or input) is similar to the y (range or output) in y (range or output) = f(x) or f of x (domain or input).
    • The X (domain or input) in x (range or output) = f inverse of X (domain or input) is similar to the x (domain or input) in y (range or output) = f(x) or f of x (domain or input).

  • @streetpartying
    @streetpartying Před 12 lety +45

    imagine if he taught a class on teaching, then maybe education in America would get better...

  • @kennywells9328
    @kennywells9328 Před 3 lety +7

    Got nothing but praise for this guy. He actually makes sense teaching math.

  • @khanacademy
    @khanacademy  Před 14 lety +10

    @chizzy555 Maybe some trades. I could imagine the inverse trig functions would be pretty useful if you're building something.

  • @MICHAELSMITH-eb4br
    @MICHAELSMITH-eb4br Před 5 lety +6

    This video was super helpful. Your ability to explain things makes it unbelievably easy to comprehend and conceptualize these otherwise confusing concepts. It's bizarre that I could spend about an hour in a class with an instructor going over this material and still left not knowing much more than I did at the beginning of that hour, yet I watch this video that's less than 10 minutes, and I totally get it now. However, what I can't wrap my brain around is how 69 individuals found this video unhelpful and gave it a thumbs down.

  • @cboyslim5490
    @cboyslim5490 Před 4 lety +7

    khan academy is an Easy Mode feature for high school and college math lol

  • @Peacefulcrystalmoon
    @Peacefulcrystalmoon Před 12 lety +1

    you explain better than my math teacher ever could in his life! THANK YOU! My head does not swim in confusion anymore thanks to your detailed lessons!

  • @LucasKVogt
    @LucasKVogt Před 7 lety +5

    THANKS SO MUCH I ALWAYS COME TO YALL WHEN I NEED MATH HELP YOU'RE THE BEST!!!!

  • @EatShanklish
    @EatShanklish Před 14 lety +2

    I see you've updated your sketch pad. Never thought these videos could get any better than they already were. Thanks, Sal, your a lifesaver.

  • @yashaswikulshreshtha1588
    @yashaswikulshreshtha1588 Před 3 lety +1

    Dude, like literally YOU'RE THE BEST. Your videos are so intuitive. I love it, I have been after teachers to tell me what's inverse they would tell me it's opposite of what it does, I knew what they wanna say but i felt unsatisfied like it didn't make sense although I knew how to do it. But that part where you just told that question is there any way to get back to the x. After that why you solved for x made perfect sense....

  • @valhalla1515
    @valhalla1515 Před rokem

    I'm working on a chapter in calculus for about 30-60min + listening to my professors lectures, before I start understanding it well. Then I watch a 9 min video from you and I understand it perfectly... Thanks alot!

  • @stevenjames5874
    @stevenjames5874 Před 3 lety +4

    Jussst when I thought I had almost all of the basic algebra down. I'm halfway through differential calculus and realized I needed to re learn this :)

  • @nyssia7
    @nyssia7 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Crazy how this video was made before I turned 5 and now I'm watching it as a freshman in college

  • @mercilesscuttlefish
    @mercilesscuttlefish Před 11 lety +1

    i would never have made it through half of last year without these videos. thanks so much man.

  • @pforrest10
    @pforrest10 Před 3 lety +4

    i had a moment when i had to pause the video just to be like "ohhhhhhhhh" cuz I finally understood. learning over zoom has been terrible but this was so helpful

  • @paulathepooh
    @paulathepooh Před 10 lety +78

    coming here when my teacher fails (that means i'm always here)

  • @snnacho
    @snnacho Před 13 lety +6

    loving the new writing Sal. Much neater!

  • @lauritzdanielsen5031
    @lauritzdanielsen5031 Před 9 lety +1

    Woaw man!! Just woaw!! I'm studying Biomedicine at my university, and my professors have tried to teach this to us for a while now, nobody gets it. Then i watched your movie and you explained it sooooo easily in just 9 minutes. THANK YOU!

    • @imbored9613
      @imbored9613 Před 2 lety

      Hey man how's that biomed going? 7 years flew past huh

  • @adithyareddy3766
    @adithyareddy3766 Před 5 lety +2

    Simplifying things so much.has been a great help to understand concept easily.thnk u

    • @sumitsaha1437
      @sumitsaha1437 Před 5 lety +1

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  • @laurencrom
    @laurencrom Před 12 lety +1

    Makes perfect sense. Before, I didn't know what solving for the equation did. Now, thanks to Sal, I do!

  • @on99kim11
    @on99kim11 Před 2 lety

    i love this guy's video, explained much better than my school teacher

  • @blad487
    @blad487 Před 5 lety +2

    Good job, I completely understood but unfortunately not what I’m looking for.

  • @venjaminschuster2797
    @venjaminschuster2797 Před 2 lety

    Thank you so so much! Deeply love your channel!

  • @dibaonguyentat600
    @dibaonguyentat600 Před 10 měsíci

    OMG this explain everything! Thanks a lot!

  • @khanacademy
    @khanacademy  Před 14 lety +3

    @chizzy555 Would be Algebra II or pre-calc

  • @Growth789
    @Growth789 Před 4 lety

    thank u so much for clearing my concept..

  • @Priya-ti4fe
    @Priya-ti4fe Před 7 lety

    Thank you so much. Your videos are so helpful.

  • @Noor_alyaqin
    @Noor_alyaqin Před 7 lety +6

    شكرا جزيلا على هذا الشرح المبسط والمفهوم.

  • @thearpita26
    @thearpita26 Před 12 lety

    sal,u are great..!
    made a you tube account just to thank you..!

  • @jackflash8756
    @jackflash8756 Před rokem +1

    This part confused me a bit : F-1(y) =(1/2 )y -2 but replacing it with 'x' made me think of substituting y with (2x+4). So F-1 (x)= x
    It's a good job he said you could replace it with any other input variable name like 'a' or 'b' otherwise I'd be lost.

  • @daviddang2214
    @daviddang2214 Před 4 lety

    Thanks my teacher literally did 2 problems the whole period

  • @Em-jf8xd
    @Em-jf8xd Před 5 lety +4

    I wish you'd actually write out the subtracting and dividing on both sides of the equation instead of just jumping to the answer. It makes it hard to follow along.

  • @MrLog5
    @MrLog5 Před 10 lety +5

    And i would like to say i love khan academy

  • @argaze8935
    @argaze8935 Před rokem

    SO MUCH HELPFUL, THANK YOUU!!

  • @tarakmahetakaultachasma5715

    Crystal clear explanation

  • @Parlez-Vous-Francais
    @Parlez-Vous-Francais Před 2 lety

    Thank you Khan Academy that you exist!

  • @Daski69
    @Daski69 Před 9 lety +4

    one perhaps dumb question but I'd like to ask if the inverse of a function really is changing the dependent variable to the independent
    I mean if you have say
    y = 2x + 1
    x = 1/2y - 1/2
    if you graph the f(x) you get the same as if you graph the f(y), it is only when you change the y to x and x to y in the second function (the inverse) that you get the correct graph.
    Does it only become the inverse function when the switching of the y and x is done? I mean if you solve for x with respect to y you will still obviously get the same graph.
    Thanks!

    • @jamesleidhold
      @jamesleidhold Před 9 lety +2

      ya; another way of solving to find inverse functions is to switch x and y in the start and solve from there

  • @nixibrock7857
    @nixibrock7857 Před měsícem

    I AGREEE WE NEED MORE KHAN IIN CLASSES!!!!!!!!

  • @coleschemistrychannel4172

    My god, this is amazing.

  • @christiancobo5324
    @christiancobo5324 Před 11 lety +4

    There are huge problems with the public school system as well as universities.

  • @AnujSingh-kt1cs
    @AnujSingh-kt1cs Před 2 lety +1

    East or west Khan academy is the best 🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @Param3021
    @Param3021 Před rokem

    Great explanation!!!

  • @hiddenblue1598
    @hiddenblue1598 Před 3 lety +2

    Though I slightly understand your point in representing it in graph Sal, It made it more confusing.. (for me) why would you bother to represent it when you already had the f^-1=1/2y-2? Anyway, thank you very much I'll just delve in to the topic of inverse functions to see why did you represent that.

  • @FriedNugget2
    @FriedNugget2 Před 8 lety

    You're the best!

  • @ryanking7331
    @ryanking7331 Před 5 lety +1

    If only all my teachers were this good...

    • @flowerpetals5455
      @flowerpetals5455 Před 5 lety +1

      Don’t know about your teacher but my techers tech almost in the same way as Khan Academy, I just need more time to understand. So, I can watch this video whole day (whereas I can't ask my techer to explain me the whole day...) Teachers really do there best. :)
      Thanks Khan Academy. 🙂

  • @criscobucketeer
    @criscobucketeer Před 14 lety

    that just blew my mind

  • @KittehsMadness
    @KittehsMadness Před 9 lety

    thankyou so much!

  • @jackiedadsfavourite
    @jackiedadsfavourite Před 11 dny

    Best explanation ever thank you so much

  • @apga1998
    @apga1998 Před 4 lety +2

    But why do we want to find an inverse?

  • @uchihaevita5323
    @uchihaevita5323 Před 7 lety +1

    this is so simple! i have no idea why my sir is complicating it by interchanging the values XD

  • @kamaljitsingh2369
    @kamaljitsingh2369 Před 7 lety

    Very helpful

  • @JoKoivu
    @JoKoivu Před 11 lety +1

    I learned this in my algebra 2 class if that helps.

  • @satjitlail4544
    @satjitlail4544 Před 11 lety

    thank you very much

  • @TheHedstrom
    @TheHedstrom Před 14 lety

    Interesting!

  • @genos6803
    @genos6803 Před 3 lety

    Thank you!!

  • @amroosman4799
    @amroosman4799 Před 6 měsíci

    amazing explanation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @shimasfaris2917
    @shimasfaris2917 Před rokem

    Here in 2023 😅 this 9m video has been more useful than an hour of my teacher explaining

  • @georgecostanza9440
    @georgecostanza9440 Před 5 lety +2

    It's funny how after 2 weeks of garbage from my teachers mouth I was lost and learned nothing but after 9 minutes I understand the whole thing

  • @cabanalibre
    @cabanalibre Před 9 lety +1

    In 5:58 you say that you can go back to the domain from the range "If possible". Is there an instance in which it is not possible?

    • @JumpingBamboo
      @JumpingBamboo Před 6 lety +2

      Bastiaan . Yes. A quadratic, like f(x)=x^2, will not always tell us exactly where to go back. Ex: f(-1)=1 and f(1)=1. If we go to 1 and ask what value we go back to, we can't say for sure. It's either 1 or -1. Inverse functions always tell us what value to go back to.

  • @explorewithasma
    @explorewithasma Před rokem +1

    Which app you use to record screen?

  • @razanemad152
    @razanemad152 Před 8 měsíci

    amazing thank u

  • @reeceanderson3257
    @reeceanderson3257 Před 5 lety +1

    at 6:50 did you go the wrong way for 2x shouldn't go to the right and not the left? cause left is -2x

    • @sumitsaha1437
      @sumitsaha1437 Před 5 lety +1

      czcams.com/video/1NvxOcbb_NY/video.html

  • @williamstone96
    @williamstone96 Před 9 lety +14

    I understood it until 3:59, completely lost now.

    • @kwr2130
      @kwr2130 Před 8 lety +4

      +William Stone what do you not understand

  • @aamg9586
    @aamg9586 Před 3 měsíci +1

    6:19 i dont understand why 2x + 4 is plotted on the negative side of x not the positive.

    • @aamg9586
      @aamg9586 Před 3 měsíci

      I wish to know how the graph got plotted in that way 😢

  • @averyschroth2957
    @averyschroth2957 Před 2 měsíci

    3rd comment in a row on one of your videos. Found my new math tutor 😂

  • @ShubhamSingh-et5ch
    @ShubhamSingh-et5ch Před 6 lety +1

    Sir please tell me that what is the condition to be the function is invertable

    • @sumitsaha1437
      @sumitsaha1437 Před 5 lety +1

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  • @jessicalv6442
    @jessicalv6442 Před 8 měsíci

    Save my life! Thanks!

  • @mr.rohitkumar5086
    @mr.rohitkumar5086 Před 4 lety +1

    Sir ham x and y ko swap kyu krte h

  • @s0m0c
    @s0m0c Před 10 lety

    Why do the functions are reflecting over the line y=x?

  • @MegaPixelPerfect
    @MegaPixelPerfect Před 11 lety

    what software are they using? :3

  • @jessp797
    @jessp797 Před 3 lety +3

    4:28 u lost me there 😭

  • @kaiwenlui4397
    @kaiwenlui4397 Před 8 lety +4

    I'm a seventh grader being forced to watch this help me but it's kinda cool

  • @zakarykarim9824
    @zakarykarim9824 Před 4 lety +28

    YOU'RE MY G BRO UR CARRYING ME THROUGH SAT MATHS 2 . SEND ME UR PAYPAL IF I BECOME RICH THANKS TO U IM SENDING U SO MUCH CASH BRO

  • @amador4417
    @amador4417 Před 6 lety +7

    Do we need this in life lmao. 😂😂😂

    • @Purashwin6defOWNZ
      @Purashwin6defOWNZ Před 5 lety +2

      Functions describe situations where one quantity determines another. .... if you don't understand that 🤔🤔 good luck winning the lottery.

    • @aaryanporwal
      @aaryanporwal Před 5 lety +3

      It's used in encryption and decryption where encryption is a function and decryption is inverse of the function.
      Hash passwords don't have inverses therefore not possible to decrypt

  • @minamisensei7952
    @minamisensei7952 Před 7 lety +1

    can i ask you why we switch places in the end? pls someone help me. Idk why we switch places.

    • @sumitsaha1437
      @sumitsaha1437 Před 5 lety +1

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  • @achhantea5351
    @achhantea5351 Před 6 lety

    my math teacher, why didn't you tell me this. My life would have been so much easier.

  • @MrLog5
    @MrLog5 Před 10 lety +5

    I turned 17 today

  • @CRC1553
    @CRC1553 Před 3 lety

    Bro I hate my math teacher 😐 she is giving us a final on everything we did in 6 months for online school while another teacher left their class a ch test as a final 😐 now I’m stuck here watching all this dudes vids for the past 5 days reviewing 😭

  • @jasinsworld3095
    @jasinsworld3095 Před 3 lety +2

    Not all heroes wear capes

  • @manuelvillafuerte7874
    @manuelvillafuerte7874 Před 11 lety +2

    how is y/2 the same as 1/2y?

    • @ishadow91
      @ishadow91 Před 5 lety +2

      Y/2 means "half of Y" 1/2 means "one half Y". Essentially the same thing.

  • @mcvdigital
    @mcvdigital Před 11 lety +1

    is f(n) the same as f(x)? thanks to anyone who answers!

  • @abhinavchauhangujjar6456

    what that range figure looks like😁

  • @hanahmaedelrosario6626
    @hanahmaedelrosario6626 Před 3 lety +1

    how do i make an essay about an inverse function : (((

  • @surajmiji2614
    @surajmiji2614 Před 4 lety +3

    Why no memes here

  • @servant4126
    @servant4126 Před 3 lety

    3:42 This is all I want to know

  • @nebiu9662
    @nebiu9662 Před 6 lety

    How did you get half 1/2

  • @armaxk754
    @armaxk754 Před rokem

    thanksss

  • @noobtopro178
    @noobtopro178 Před 4 lety +2

    Voice problem

  • @kavinmugilan6933
    @kavinmugilan6933 Před 3 lety

    Why are we swapping the Y in f^-1(Y) with X

  • @chikutashingalili5264

    Can someone please explain to me why an inverse function is always =y

  • @CReePiNxMeaDoWs
    @CReePiNxMeaDoWs Před 11 lety +4

    160000 views and only 250 likes?

  • @MrbK-si5gk
    @MrbK-si5gk Před 4 měsíci

    راقي

  • @talal1458
    @talal1458 Před 7 lety +14

    It was a really awesome video but to be honest i still don't understand😭😭😢😢😵

  • @sheezashuja2396
    @sheezashuja2396 Před 2 lety

    simple af

  • @chaoticsilence6557
    @chaoticsilence6557 Před 3 lety +1

    *Here 10 years later cause online classes werent fruitful at all*
    😑