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Which is the graph of the function f(x) = -√x

Which is the graph of the function f(x) = -√x-example-1
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f(x) = √x is the inverse function of f(x) = x^2, so it should look like a parabola on its side. However, because you can’t get a real number from the square root of a negative number, the half that is under the x-axis disappears like the blue graph in the image I’ve attached. Because you then add a negative after, the values become reflected over the x-axis, resulting in the red graph in the image.
Which is the graph of the function f(x) = -√x-example-1
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