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Find the inverse of the function. Is the inverse a function?y=5x^2-3

Find the inverse of the function. Is the inverse a function?y=5x^2-3-example-1

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Answer:

C.


y=\pm\sqrt[]{(x+3)/(5)}

No, it is not a function

Explanation:

Given the below equation;


y=5x^2-3

We'll follow the below steps to find its inverse;

Step 1: Switch the positions of x and y;


x=5y^2-3

Step 2: Solve for y by first adding 3 to both sides of the equation;


\begin{gathered} x+3=5y^2-3+3 \\ x+3=5y^2 \end{gathered}

Step 3: Divide both sides by 5;


\begin{gathered} (x+3)/(5)=(5y^2)/(5) \\ (x+3)/(5)=y^2 \end{gathered}

Step 4: Take the square root of both sides;


y=\pm\sqrt[]{(x+3)/(5)}

The above is the inverse of the given function.

Note that in a function, each input is associated with exactly one output. Looking at the inverse of the function, we can see that some x values will yield two values of y, a negative and a positive value, therefore we can say that it is not a function since an input can produce more than one output value.

So the inverse of the function is not a function.

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