Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, 7th Edition

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

Chapter 4 - Section 4.3 - Logarithmic Functions - 4.3 Exercises - Page 353: 95

Answer

(a) $f^{-1}(x)=log_2(\frac{x}{1-x})$ (b) $(0,1)$

Work Step by Step

(a) To find the inverse, let $y=\frac{2^x}{1+2^x}$, so $y+y2^x=2^x$ and $(1-y)2^x=y$ which leads to $2^x=\frac{y}{1-y}$ and $x=log_2(\frac{y}{1-y})$ switch $x,y$, we have $f^{-1}(x)=log_2(\frac{x}{1-x})$ (b) The domain requirement for $f^{-1}(x)$ is that $x\ne1$ and $\frac{x}{1-x}\gt0$. The cut points of the inequality are $0,1$ make a table as shown to solve the inequality and we can obtain the domain as $(0,1)$
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