SOLUTION: Are these functions inverse functions? Please explain why or why not in reference to the line y = x. y=x-5 and y=x+5

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Question 1029704: Are these functions inverse functions? Please explain why or why not in reference to the line y = x.
y=x-5
and
y=x+5

Answer by fractalier(6550)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
They are inverses of each other.
We use the line y = x as our "mirror" to see if the "reflection" of one line is shown on the other side of it...
Here both lines are parallel to it, but that counts too...one is a reflection of the other...

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