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If a function has an inverse then it is a bijection between two sets. Each element in the first set is mapped to one, and only one, element of the second set. Therefore, for each element in the second set there is one, and only one, element in the first set. The function and its inverse, both define the relationship between the same pairs of elements.

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What is equivalent to adding a negative number?

Subtracting its additive inverse. (In principle, this is valid for adding positive numbers as well.)


How do you identify the domain and range?

Domain is a set in which the given function is valid and range is the set of all the values the function takes


Why negative value is not valid for log?

The logarithm function is the inverse of the exponential function. Take the exponential function (base 10): y = 10x. The inverse of this is x = 10y. The function y = log(x) is used to define this inverse function. First look at y = 10x. Any real value of x will yield a positive real value for y. If x = 0, then y = 1; if x < 0 (negative) then y is between 0 and 1 (it will never equal zero, though). A value of 10-99999 is very close to zero, but not quite there. There are no real values of x which will give a negative y value for y = 10x. Now look at y = log(x) or x = 10y. No matter what real values for y, that we choose, x will always be a positive number, so a negative value of x in y = log(x) is not possible if you are limiting to real numbers. It is possible with complex and imaginary numbers to take a log of a negative number, or to get a negative answer to y = 10x.


Is it possible for graph of function to cross the horizontal assymptotes?

When you plot a function with asymptotes, you know that the graph cannot cross the asymptotes, because the function cannot be valid at the asymptote. (Since that is the point of having an asymptotes - it is a "disconnect" where the function is not valid - e.g when dividing by zero or something equally strange would occur). So if you graph is crossing an asymptote at any point, something's gone wrong.


How does one determine the validity and the invalidity of a function?

The validity or invalidity of a function are not abstract but depend on its domain and codomain or range. If for any point, A, in the domain there is a unique point, B, in the range such that f(A) = B then the function is valid at A. The validity of a function can change from point to point. For example, f(x) = sqrt(x) is not a function from the set of Real Numbers to the set of Real Numbers because any negative number in the domain is not mapped to any value in the range. This can be corrected either by changing the domain to the set of non-negative Real Numbers or (if you are a more advanced mathematician) change the range to the set of Complex Numbers. Similarly the reciprocal function, f(x) = 1/x is valid everywhere except for x = 0. Or f(x) = tan(x) is valid except for x = 90+k*180 degrees for all integer values of k - so it is not valid at an infinite number of points.

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How do you identify the range of a function?

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What is equivalent to adding a negative number?

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Why negative value is not valid for log?

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Which of these is not a valid Excel analysis tool or function what if goal seek now function if statement?

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Is it possible for graph of function to cross the horizontal assymptotes?

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What are the three required sets of statements for every function that a programmer writes in C plus plus?

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