SOLUTION: Find the domain and range of the inverse of the function. f(x) = 6-x^2; x is greater than or equal to 0.

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Question 169749: Find the domain and range of the inverse of the function.
f(x) = 6-x^2; x is greater than or equal to 0.

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Find the domain and range of the inverse of the function.

  

Let's do it graphically first, and then we'll do it
algebraically.

First we'll draw the graph of 



That is a parabola with vertex (0,6).
However because of the 
restriction, we will have to eliminate
the left half of the graph to have the
graph of f(x), which is this:



The domain of  is    
The range of  is 

Now let's draw what is called "the identity line",
which is the 45°-line through the origin whose 
equation is .  I'll draw the identity line
in green dotted:



Now let's draw the graph of ,
the inverse of  by reflecting it across the 
green dotted identity line like this:



The domain of  is 
The range of  is 


Notice that the range of  is the domain of ,
and the domain of  is the range of .
That's doing it graphically. Now let's do it
algebraically:



Replace  by 



Interchange  and :



Solve for y:



We take the square roots of both sides, and 
since , we do not need "±".



Now we replace  by 



What is under the square root radical must not be negative,
so  or  or 

So, because of ,

The domain of  is 

and because of the ,

The range of  is 

Edwin

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