Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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Chapter 7: Transcendental Functions - Section 7.1 - Inverse Functions and Their Derivatives - Exercises 7.1 - Page 374: 56

Answer

$h$ is also one-to-one. (see proof below)

Work Step by Step

If we take any two distinct values for x such that $x_{1}\neq x_{2},$ since f is one-to-one, it follows that $f(x_{1})\neq f(x_{2}).$ It also follows that $1/f(x_{1})\neq 1/f(x_{2})$ (both ratios are defined because the denominator is never 0), because if they were equal. then $f(x_{1})$ and $f(x_{2})$ would also be equal, and we know that they are not. Now, from $1/f(x_{1})\neq 1/f(x_{2})$, it follows that $h(x_{1})\neq h(x_{2})$ by definition of $h$. Thus, from $x_{1}\neq x_{2}$, it follows that $h(x_{1})\neq h(x_{2})$, which means that $h$ is also one-to-one.
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