GR9768 Q 50

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mathQ
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GR9768 Q 50

Post by mathQ » Tue Apr 06, 2010 12:45 pm

How many continuous real-valued dunctions f are there with domain [-1,1] such that (f(x))^2 = x^2 for each x in [-1,1] ?

A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
4) 4
E) inf.

I thought of f = x, -x, |x|

any other ?

could it be |-x| ?

EugeneKudashev
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Re: GR9768 Q 50

Post by EugeneKudashev » Tue Apr 06, 2010 12:46 pm

almost - just wth minus outside of the abs :) f = - |x|. that will do.



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