Test your basic mathematical skills.
If F ( x ) = x 2 x 2 + 2 and F ( h ( x ) ) = x , what is the value of h ( 3 ) ?
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To make things simpler, let y = h ( x ) . Since F ( h ( x ) ) = x , we set up an equation by substituting h ( x ) ( or y ) for x , and setting the whole thing equal to x : y 2 y 2 + 2 = x So we need to solve for y to get the function. Then, we can plug 3 in. In order for the first step to occur, we should simplify the fraction: 1 + y 2 2 = x Then, we subtract 1 from both sides and multiply by y 2 : 2 = y 2 ( x − 1 ) The steps are quite obvious from here: x − 1 2 = y 2 y = ± x − 1 2 Then we plug in 3 for x and h ( 3 ) for y : h ( 3 ) = ± 3 − 1 2 = ± 1 = ± 1
F ( h ( x ) ) ⟹ F ( h ( 3 ) ) ⟹ ( h ( 3 ) ) 2 ( h ( 3 ) ) 2 + 2 ( h ( 3 ) ) 2 + 2 2 ( h ( 3 ) ) 2 ( h ( 3 ) ) 2 ⟹ h ( 3 ) = x = 3 = 3 = 3 ( h ( 3 ) ) 2 = 2 = 1 = ± 1 Given
F ( h ( x ) ) = x ⟹ h ( x ) is the inverse of F ( x )
Given that F ( x ) = x 2 x 2 + 2 = Y then x = ± Y − 1 2
Or h ( x ) = ± x − 1 2 and h ( 3 ) = ± 1
The same I notice that h ( x ) has to be the inverse of it as f ( h ( x ) ) = x .
There is a lack of quantifier IMHO. $F(h(x))=x$ can't be true for $x \leq 0$ since $F(x)= \frac{x^2+2}{x^2}$>0. So $h(3)=1$. Or maybe we are in $mathbb{C}$.
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Since F ( x ) = x 2 x 2 + 1 ⟹ F ( h ( x ) ) = ( h ( x ) ) 2 ( h ( x ) ) 2 + 2 ⟹ x ( h ( x ) ) 2 − ( h ( x ) ) 2 = 2 ⟹ h ( x ) = x − 1 2 ⟹ h ( 3 ) = ± 1