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24 July, 04:44

Choose any two specific functions (not already chosen by a classmate) that have inverses. Use your chosen functions to answer any one of the following questions:

If the inverses of two functions are both functions, will the inverse of the sum or difference of the original functions also be a function?

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  1. 24 July, 07:08
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    Did u ever find the answer?
  2. 24 July, 08:22
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    Answer: let's took f and g, injectives, with inverses F and G.

    the condition for a function to have an inverse, is that the function must be injective, it means that if f (x1) = f (x2), then x1 = x2

    So f and g are injective, then f + g is injective.

    we need to see that if (f + g) (x1) = (f + g) (x2) then x1 = x2

    Now think on a counterexample for this.

    if f (x) = 2x, and g (x) = - 2x (both of them are injective)

    then f (x) + g (x) = 0, so its not injective, so the inverse is not a function.

    but f (x) - g (x) = 4x, which is injective and his inverse is a function.

    Then the statement is false, because the fact that the inverses of f and g are functions, doesn't imply that the inverse of their sum or difference is also a function.
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