+1242 Let f(x) = (x+2)^2-5. If the domain of f is all real numbers, then f does not have an inverse function, but if we restrict the domain of f to an interval\( [c,\infty)\), then f may have an inverse function. What is the smallest value of c we can use here, so that f does have an inverse function?
+128460 The vertex of f(x) = (-2, - 5)
So...the smallest "c" we can have is -2
We can find the inverse as
y = ( x + 2) ^2 - 5
y + 5 = (x + 2)^2
√ [ y + 5] = x + 2
√[y + 5 ] - 2 = x
√[x + 5 ] - 2 = y = the inverse
Note that the point (-5, -2) is on the inverse....as we would expect
See the graph , here : https://www.desmos.com/calculator/w4bhcvpkkb
Note that if f(x) included any x values in the domain < -2, it would not be one-to-one...and we wouldn't have a true inverse
