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Please help can’t figure out running out of time

Please help can’t figure out running out of time-example-1
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The Inverse Function Line Test

A given graph represents a function only if for every value of x there is only one corresponding value of y.

This can be checked by using a vertical line and moving it through the x-axis. If that line intersects the graph more than once, then the graph does not correspond to a function.

The image shows a graph and if we move our imaginary vertical line from x=-2 to x=7 that line would intersect the graph only once. This means that the graph corresponds to a function in the domain [-2,7].

For the inverse function to exist, the horizontal line test must be passed.

Imagine a horizontal line moving through the y-axis. It would intersect the graph only once from y=0 to y=6.

We can conclude this graph corresponds to a function and it has an inverse function because it passed the horizontal line test.

Answer: D.

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