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 228: 102

Answer

1. $m\ne0$ 2. $f^{-1}(x)=\frac{x-b}{m}$ 3. Yes, $\frac{1}{m}$

Work Step by Step

1. A one-to-one function will intersect only once with any horizontal line. For the linear function $f(x)=mx+b$, it requires that $m\ne0$ which means that it can not be a horizontal line itself. 2. Assume $m\ne0$ and $y=mx+b$, we can obtain $x=\frac{y-b}{m}$, switch $x,y$ to get the inverse as $y=f^{-1}(x)=\frac{x-b}{m}$ 3. It can be seen that the inverse is linear with a slope of $\frac{1}{m}$
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