SOLUTION: I need help on showing that functions are inverse.
F(x)=10+(8/x) and g(x)=8/(x-10)
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Question 187772: I need help on showing that functions are inverse.
F(x)=10+(8/x) and g(x)=8/(x-10)
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
In order to show that and are inverses of one another, you need to show that both and .
Show that :
Start with the first function.
Plug in
Flip the second lower fraction and multiply.
Cancel out the common terms.
Simplify.
Combine like terms.
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Show that :
Start with the second function.
Plug in
Combine like terms.
Flip the second lower fraction and multiply.
Cancel out the common terms.
Simplify.
Since both and , this means that the functions and are inverses of one another.
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