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Determine whether the function is one-to-one. f(x)=-3x+5. Show work.

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One way to show a function is 1-1 is to show that if two outputs are the same, then the inputs had to have been the same as well:

If f(a) = f(b), then a=b.

If you can show this, you've shown that each output is paired with a unique input, so the function is 1-1.

For this function, we'd first start assuming that f(a) = f(b):

f(a) = f(b)

-3a+5 = -3b+5

Now we'll solve this for a:

-3a + 5 = -3b + 5

-3a + 5 - 5 = -3b + 5 - 5

-3a = -3b

-3a ÷ (-3) = -3b ÷ (-3)

a = b

This shows that the only way the outputs are the same is if the inputs are the same, which means each output comes from a unique input, so the function is 1-1.

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