Precalculus (6th Edition)

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Chapter 4 - Inverse, Exponential, and Logarithmic Functions - Summary Exercises on Inverse, Exponential, and Logarithmic Functions - Exercises - Page 449: 20

Answer

$f(x)=\sqrt {x^2-9}, x\geq3$, domain $[3,\infty)$, range $[0,\infty)$ $f^{-1}(x)=\sqrt {x^2+9}$, domain $[0,\infty)$, range $[3,\infty)$

Work Step by Step

1. Given $f(x)=\sqrt {x^2-9}, x\geq3$, we can identify it is one-to-one with domain $[3,\infty)$ and range $[0,\infty)$ 2. Rewrite the function as $y=\sqrt {x^2-9}$ 3. Exchange $x,y$ to get $x=\sqrt {y^2-9}$ 4. Solve for $y$ to get $y^2=x^2+9\longrightarrow y=\sqrt {x^2+9}$ (choose positive based on the result of step-1) 5. Replace $y$ with $f^{-1}(x)$ to get $f^{-1}(x)=\sqrt {x^2+9}$ 6. For $f^{-1}(x)$, we can find its domain $[0,\infty)$ and range $[3,\infty)$
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