Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1305071751
ISBN 13: 978-1-30507-175-9

Chapter 2 - Section 2.8 - One-to-One Functions and Their Inverses - 2.8 Exercises - Page 227: 47

Answer

Using inverse function we have: $f^{-1}(x)=\frac{2x+2}{x-1}$ $g^{-1}(x)=\frac{x+2}{x-2}$ So these functions are inverse of each other.

Work Step by Step

To show it we will simply calculate inverse of the both $f$ and $g$ functions. To calculate $f^{-1}(x)$ first we have to write it in terms of $y$ and $x$ and then replace $x$ with $y$ and vice versa. $f(x)=\frac{x+2}{x-2}$ $y=\frac{x+2}{x-2}$ $x=\frac{y+2}{y-2}$ $x(y-2)=y+2$ $xy-2x=y+2$ $xy-y=2x+2$ $y(x-1)=2x+2$ $y=\frac{2x+2}{x-1}$ $f^{-1}(x)=\frac{2x+2}{x-1}$ We will follow the same way to calculate $g^{-1}(x)$ $g(x)=\frac{2x+2}{x-1}$ $y=\frac{2x+2}{x-1}$ $x=\frac{2y+2}{y-1}$ $x(y-1)=2y+2$ $xy-x=2y+2$ $xy-2y=2+x$ $y(x-2)=x+2$ $y=\frac{x+2}{x-2}$ $g^{-1}(x)=\frac{x+2}{x-2}$
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