Calculus 10th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-28505-709-0
ISBN 13: 978-1-28505-709-5

Chapter 5 - Logarithmic, Exponential, and Other Transcendental Functions - Review Exercises - Page 393: 23

Answer

$${f^{ - 1}}\left( x \right) = 2x + 6$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & \left( {\text{a}} \right)f\left( x \right) = \frac{1}{2}x - 3 \cr & {\text{Let }}y = f\left( x \right) \cr & y = \frac{1}{2}x - 3 \cr & {\text{Interchange }}x{\text{ and }}y \cr & x = \frac{1}{2}y - 3 \cr & {\text{Solve for }}y \cr & 2x = y - 6 \cr & y = 2x + 6 \cr & {\text{Let }}y = {f^{ - 1}}\left( x \right) \cr & {f^{ - 1}}\left( x \right) = 2x + 6 \cr & \cr & \left( {\text{c}} \right) \cr & *{f^{ - 1}}\left( {f\left( x \right)} \right) = 2\left( {\frac{1}{2}x - 3} \right) + 6 \cr & = x - 6 + 6 \cr & = x \cr & *f\left( {{f^{ - 1}}\left( x \right)} \right) = \frac{1}{2}\left( {2x + 6} \right) - 3 \cr & = x + 3 - 3 \cr & = x \cr & \cr & \left( {\text{d}} \right){\text{Domain of }}f\left( x \right) = {\text{Range }}{f^{ - 1}}\left( x \right) = \left( { - \infty ,\infty } \right) \cr & {\text{Domain of }}{f^{ - 1}}\left( x \right) = {\text{Range }}f\left( x \right) = \left( { - \infty ,\infty } \right) \cr & \cr & \left( {\text{c}} \right){\text{Graph}} \cr} $$
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