Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 1 - Section 1.8 - Inverse Functions - Exercise Set - Page 272: 93

Answer

The statement is false. The correct statement is, “If $f\left( x \right)=3x$, then ${{f}^{-1}}\left( x \right)=\frac{x}{3}$.”

Work Step by Step

Let us consider the function below: $f\left( x \right)=3x$ The inverse of $f\left( x \right)$ can be found as follows: $y=3x$ Now interchange y with x $x=3y$ So, $y=\frac{x}{3}$ Thus, ${{f}^{-1}}\left( x \right)=\frac{x}{3}$ is the inverse of f and the above statement is false.
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