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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