SOLUTION: Explain why graphically, you only get "half of a quadratic" when graphing the inverse of a square root function.

Question 1173292: Explain why graphically, you only get "half of a quadratic" when graphing the inverse of a square root function.
Answer by Solver92311(821) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

You do not get "half of a quadratic" when you graph the inverse of a square root function. The inverse of

which is a complete parabola when graphed. Your question doesn't make any sense. You do get a half-parabola when you graph the inverse of a quadratic, and there is a good reason for that. But that is not the question you asked.

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it

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