invertible function by graphs

Below are the graphs of four functions. Which function is invertible?

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Originally Posted by gracy

Below are the graphs of four functions. Which function is invertible?

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Hello, Gracy,

first: I count 5 graphs

second: a function is invertible if the monotonicity(?) didn't change. The only graph which has this property is e).

I've added a diagram with the graph of the inverted function and the original graph e).

EB

Specifically, a function is invertible if it is 1:1, that is there is one and only one y value for each x. You can use the "horizontal line test" to determine this: pass a horizontal line through the graph of the function. If the line cuts the graph of the function in more than one place then the function has no inverse.

Note that we CAN have a (piece-wise defined) function that is increasing on some intervals and decreasing on others that is invertible.

-Dan

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Originally Posted by topsquark

Specifically, a function is invertible if it is 1:1,

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That is not good enought. It needs to be 1 to 1 and and onto. If it is not onto then it is invertible on its image. In fact any one-to-one function is invertible on its image, specifically when the it onto the image is the full function.