SOLUTION: find the inverse function for f(x)-5x^2+12.

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Question 101417: find the inverse function for f(x)-5x^2+12.
Answer by edjones(8007) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
From the graph below you can see that f(x)=-5x^2+12 doesn't have an inverse function because it doesn't have a one-to-one rlationship. It doesn't pass the horizontal line test which states that a horizontal line drawn across the graph
intesects the graph at most once.
Ed
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