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Which of the following is an increasing function?

A. ()=√^2
B. ()=√1
C. ()= √1−
D. ()= √1+

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The answer is C. ()= √(1−x)
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Answer:

D. f(x) = √(1 + x).

Explanation:

I'm assuming the () stands for f(x) and the root of 1 - and the root of 1+ has "x" at the end of them.

To determine which function is increasing, we need to check whether the function values increase as the input variable increases.

A. f(x) = √x^2 is equal to |x|, which is increasing for x ≥ 0 and decreasing for x < 0. So, f(x) is increasing for x ≥ 0.

B. f(x) = √1 is a constant function, which is neither increasing nor decreasing.

C. f(x) = √(1 - x) is decreasing for x in the domain [0,1], since as x increases in this domain, the square root of 1-x gets smaller. Therefore, f(x) is not an increasing function.

D. f(x) = √(1 + x) is an increasing function, since as x increases, the square root of 1+x also increases.

Therefore, the function that is increasing is D. f(x) = √(1 + x).

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