Calculus, 10th Edition (Anton)

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ISBN 10: 0-47064-772-8
ISBN 13: 978-0-47064-772-1

Chapter 0 - Before Calculus - 0.4 Inverse Functions - Exercises Set 0.4 - Page 44: 3

Answer

(a) one to one (b) one to one (c) not one to one (d) one to one (e) not one to one (f ) not one to one

Work Step by Step

The horizontal line process requires drawing multiple horizontal lines, $y=a,a\in R$, and observing whether any of them cross the function more than once. A one-to-one function is one where each $y$ value is given by a single $x$ value, whereas a many-to-one function is one in which multiple $x$ values can give the same $y$ value. If a horizontal line crosses the function more than once, it indicates that the function has more than one $x$ value that corresponds to one $y$ value. So, (a)$ f(x) = 3x + 2$ let's replace $x$ with $y$ and $y $ with $x $ and solve the math with respect to $x$ $x = 3y+2$ for $ x = {1,2,3,4,5}$ the value of $y $ will be $ {5,8,11,14,17}$ so, this is one to one function. (b) $f(x) = \sqrt {x-1} $ one to one (c) $f(x) = |x|$ not one to one. A horizontal line crosses the function more than once (d) $f(x) = x^3$ one to one (e) $f(x) = x^2 − 2x + 2$ not one to one. A horizontal line crosses the function more than once (f ) $f(x) = \sin x$ not one to one. A horizontal line crosses the function more than once
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