SOLUTION: what is the definition of a preimage?

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Question 22999: what is the definition of a preimage?
Answer by Earlsdon(6294)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
"Pre" means before so "Preimage" means the image before the tranformation.
In other words...the "before" picture in "Before-and-after"

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