BCECE Engineering BCECE Engineering Solved Paper-2010

  • question_answer
    If \[f:[1,\infty )\to [2,\infty ]\]is given by \[f(x)=x+\frac{1}{x},\]then \[{{f}^{-1}}(x)\] is equal to                   

    A)  \[\frac{x+\sqrt{{{x}^{2}}-4}}{2}\]

    B)         \[\frac{x}{1+{{x}^{2}}}\]              

    C)         \[\frac{x-\sqrt{{{x}^{2}}-4}}{2}\]

    D)         \[1+\sqrt{x-4}\]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    We have,\[f(x)=x\frac{1}{x}\] let           \[f(x)=y=x+\frac{1}{x}\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[xy={{x}^{2}}+1\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[{{x}^{2}}-yx+1=0\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[x=\frac{y\pm \sqrt{{{y}^{2}}-4}}{2}={{f}^{-1}}(y)\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[{{f}^{-1}}(x)=\frac{x\pm \sqrt{{{x}^{2}}-4}}{2}\] \[\Rightarrow \]\[{{f}^{-1}}(x)=\frac{x+\sqrt{{{x}^{2}}-4}}{2}\] (neglecting\[-ve\]as \[x>1\])


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