Calculus 10th Edition

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Chapter 5 - Logarithmic, Exponential, and Other Transcendental Functions - 5.3 Exercises - Page 344: 52

Answer

f is not one-to-one, and has no inverse.

Work Step by Step

This function is not one-to-one, Its graph IS a horizontal line so it fails the Horizontal Line Test. Another way to show this is to select any two values for x, e.g. x=0 and x=1, and, since $f(0)=f(1)=-3$ (more than one x has the same function value), so f is not one-to-one on its domain. It, then, has no inverse.
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