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: 28

Answer

$${f^{ - 1}}\left( x \right) = \sqrt {x + 5} $$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & f\left( x \right) = {x^2} - 5,{\text{ }}x \geqslant 0 \cr & {\text{Domain of }}f\left( x \right),{\text{ }}D:\left[ {0,\infty } \right) \cr & \left( {\text{a}} \right)f\left( x \right) = {x^2} - 5 \cr & {\text{Let }}y = f\left( x \right) \cr & y = {x^2} - 5 \cr & {\text{Interchange }}x{\text{ and }}y \cr & x = {y^2} - 5 \cr & {\text{Solve for }}y \cr & x + 5 = {y^2} \cr & y = \sqrt {x + 5} \cr & {\text{Let }}y = {f^{ - 1}}\left( x \right) \cr & {f^{ - 1}}\left( x \right) = \sqrt {x + 5} \cr & {\text{Domain }}\left[ { - 5,\infty } \right) \cr & \cr & \left( {\text{c}} \right) \cr & *{f^{ - 1}}\left( {f\left( x \right)} \right) = \sqrt {{x^2} - 5 + 5} \cr & = \sqrt {{x^2}} \cr & = x \cr & *f\left( {{f^{ - 1}}\left( x \right)} \right) = {\left( {\sqrt {x + 5} } \right)^2} - 5 \cr & = x + 5 - 5 \cr & = x \cr & \cr & \left( {\text{d}} \right){\text{Domain of }}f\left( x \right) = {\text{Range }}{f^{ - 1}}\left( x \right) = \left[ {0,\infty } \right) \cr & {\text{Domain of }}{f^{ - 1}}\left( x \right) = {\text{Range }}f\left( x \right) = \left[ { - 5,\infty } \right) \cr & \cr & \left( {\text{c}} \right){\text{Graph}} \cr} $$
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