# f(x) = x^1/3

• Aug 11th 2009, 08:49 PM
yoman360
f(x) = x^1/3
ok so for this project I have to identify all this stuff for the function
$f(x) = x^{1/3}$

and a few things that I have to identify I don't know.

1) What are intervals of continuity?
2) Explain one-to-one

I have no idea what both those things are. Please explain for me so that I can understand.

Thanks!
• Aug 11th 2009, 09:10 PM
pickslides
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Originally Posted by yoman360

1) What are intervals of continuity?

I think you are being asked to provide what interval fr x these function is continuous. As x can be any real number in this case then the interval for continuity would be $(-\infty ,\infty)$

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Originally Posted by yoman360

2) Explain one-to-one

The term one to one means that there is only one x value for any y value (and vice versa) for the function in question.
• Aug 15th 2009, 06:45 AM
pacman
• Aug 15th 2009, 08:34 AM
skeeter
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Originally Posted by pacman

nice graph ... what function is it?
• Aug 15th 2009, 12:35 PM
QM deFuturo
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Originally Posted by pacman

The range set is not specified, so wouldn't you assume Reals? In that case, an odd root can take a negative radicand and still produce a value in the Reals.
• Aug 16th 2009, 01:40 AM
pacman
here is the much better view, domain of x is -2 to +2