SOLUTION: Age problem: The relationship between the age of a man and his son us given by f(x)=x+21 What does f^-1(x) represents if f(x) is the age of the father? What is f^-1(x)? Find f^-

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Question 1169781: Age problem: The relationship between the age of a man and his son us given by f(x)=x+21
What does f^-1(x) represents if f(x) is the age of the father?
What is f^-1(x)?
Find f^-1(5).
Graph the two functions f(x) and f^-1(x) on the same xy-plane.

Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!



-> inverse

swap variables
...solve for

=>

Find





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