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Ch. 2 - Functions and Graphs
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Capitolo 3, Problema 31

Which graphs in Exercises 29–34 represent functions that have inverse functions?

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Recall that a function has an inverse function if and only if it is one-to-one, meaning each output corresponds to exactly one input.
Use the Horizontal Line Test on each graph: if any horizontal line intersects the graph more than once, the graph does not represent a one-to-one function and therefore does not have an inverse function.
For each graph, imagine drawing horizontal lines across the entire domain and check how many times each line intersects the graph.
If every horizontal line intersects the graph at most once, then the function is one-to-one and has an inverse function.
Summarize which graphs pass the Horizontal Line Test and thus represent functions with inverse functions.

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