Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 1 - Section 1.8 - Inverse Functions - Exercise Set - Page 270: 50

Answer

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Work Step by Step

(a) Assume the above function $f\left( x \right)=\sqrt{x}+2$. Put $f\left( x \right)$ with $y$: $\sqrt{x}+2=y$ Interchange x with $y$: $\sqrt{y}+2=x$ Solve the obtained equation for the value of $y$: And subtract $2$ to both sides of the equation: $\begin{align} & \sqrt{y}-2+2=x-2 \\ & \sqrt{y}=x-2 \end{align}$ Square both sides of the equation: $\begin{align} & {{\left( \sqrt{y} \right)}^{2}}={{\left( x-2 \right)}^{2}} \\ & {{\left( y \right)}^{2\times \frac{1}{2}}}={{\left( x-2 \right)}^{2}} \\ & y={{\left( x-2 \right)}^{2}} \end{align}$ Put $y$ with ${{f}^{-1}}\left( x \right)$: ${{f}^{-1}}\left( x \right)={{\left( x-2 \right)}^{2}}$ So, the inverse function is ${{f}^{-1}}\left( x \right)={{\left( x-2 \right)}^{2}}$ , $x\ge 0$. Thus, the equation of ${{f}^{-1}}\left( x \right)$ with the function $f\left( x \right)=\sqrt{x}+2$ is ${{f}^{-1}}\left( x \right)={{\left( x-2 \right)}^{2}}$ , $x\ge 0$. (b) Assume the above equation $f\left( x \right)=\sqrt{x}+2$ Put $f\left( x \right)$ with $y$: $\sqrt{x}+2=y$ Put $y=2$ to solve for the value of $x$: $\begin{align} & \sqrt{x}+2=2 \\ & \sqrt{x}=0 \end{align}$ Square both sides: $\begin{align} & {{\left( \sqrt{x} \right)}^{2}}={{\left( 0 \right)}^{2}} \\ & x=0 \end{align}$ So, the point A is $\left( 0,2 \right)$. Now, put $x=1$ in the equation $\sqrt{x}+2=y$ to solve for the value of $y$: $\begin{align} & \sqrt{x}+2=y \\ & y=\sqrt{1}+2 \\ & =3 \end{align}$ So, the point $B$ is $\left( 1,3 \right)$. Put $y=4$ in the equation $\sqrt{x}+2=y$ to solve for the value of $x$: $\begin{align} & \sqrt{x}+2=4 \\ & \sqrt{x}=2 \\ & x=4 \end{align}$ So, the point C is $\left( 4,4 \right)$. Since inverse of a function exists. Therefore, points to plot the inverse function are ${{A}_{1}}=\left( 2,0 \right)$ , ${{B}_{1}}=\left( 3,1 \right)$ and $C=\left( 4,4 \right)$. Thus plot all the points on the same graph for both the function and its inverse as shown above: (c) The domain and range of the function $f$ are $\left[ 0,\infty \right)$ and $\left[ 2,\infty \right)$ , respectively, and domain and range of the function ${{f}^{-1}}$ are $\left[ 2,\infty \right)$ and $\left[ 0,\infty \right)$ , respectively.
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