JCECE Engineering JCECE Engineering Solved Paper-2015

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

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

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

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

    D) \[1+\sqrt{{{x}^{2}}-4}\]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    Clearly, for\[f:[1,\,\infty )\to [2,\,\,\infty ),\,\,f(x)=x+\frac{1}{x}\] is a bijection. Let\[f(x)\]. Then,\[x+\frac{1}{x}=y\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[{{x}^{2}}-xy+1=0\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[x=\frac{y\pm \sqrt{{{y}^{2}}-4}}{2}\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[x=\frac{y+\sqrt{{{y}^{2}}-4}}{2}\]         \[[\because \,\,x\ge 1]\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[{{f}^{-1}}(y)=\frac{y+\sqrt{{{y}^{2}}-4}}{2}\] Hence,  \[{{f}^{-1}}(x)=\frac{x+\sqrt{{{x}^{2}}-4}}{2},\,\,\forall x\in [1,\,\,\infty )\]


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