College Algebra 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1305115546
ISBN 13: 978-1-30511-554-5

Chapter 2, Functions - Section 2.8 - One-to-One Functions and their Inverses - 2.8 Exercises - Page 263: 87

Answer

$-2\leq x$, $h^{-1}(x)=\sqrt{x}-2$.

Work Step by Step

To make the function one-to-one, according to the graph, we can restrict its domain to $-2\leq x$. If we want to get a formula for the inverse function, we swap $x$ and $y$ and solve for $y$. Hence, after swapping $x$ and $y$, we get: $x=(y+2)^2\\\sqrt x=y+2\\y=h^{-1}(x)=\sqrt{x}-2$
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