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Answer: Choice D)
y = \pm √(x+5)

The steps to finding the inverse will have us swap x and y. Afterward, we solve for y


y = x^2 - 5 \\\\x = y^2 - 5 \\\\x+5 = y^2 \\\\y^2 = x+5 \\\\y = \pm √(x+5) \\\\

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Extra info:

The inverse relation is not a function because of the plus minus. For instance, plugging x = 4 into
y = \pm √(x+5) leads to y = -3 and y = 3 simultaneously. You would have to apply a domain restriction on
y = x^2-5 to make it a one-to-one function, to make the inverse a function. One possible domain restriction is
x > 0 which would lead to the inverse function
y = √(x+5)

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