Monday, March 23, 2015

Prove that f(x)=-2x+3 is inveritble. If f is invertible, find f^-1.Find the point of the graph of f and f^-1.

To prove that f(x) is invertible, we'll have to prove
first that f(x) is bijective.


To prove that f(x) is
bijective, we'll have to prove that is one-to-one and on-to
function.


1) One-to-one
function.


We'll suppose that f(x1) =
f(x2)


We'll substitute f(x1) and f(x2) by their
expressions:


-2x1 + 3 = -2x2 +
3


We'll eliminate like
terms:


-2x1 = -2x2


We'll
divide by -2:


x1 = x2


A
function is one-to-one if and only if for x1 = x2 => f(x1) =
f(x2).


2) On-to function:


For
a real y, we'll have to prove that it exists a real x.


y =
-2x + 3


We'll isolate x to one side. For this reason, we'll
add -3 both side:


y - 3 =
-2x


We'll use the symmetric
property:


-2x = y-3


We'll
divide by -2:


x = (3-y)/2


x is
a real number.


From 1) and 2) we conclude that f(x) is
bijective.


If f(x) is bijective => f(x) is
invertible.


f^-1(x) =
(3-x)/2

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