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the slope of a strictly monotonic function f is 4/9 at a particular point (a,b) what is the slope of f^-1@(b,a?

the slope of a strictly monotonic function f is 4/9 at a particular point (a,b) what is the slope of f^-1 at the point (b,a)?

f^-1 means inverse

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Take a look at this Wikipedia article:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverse_functions_and...

    From what this says, the slope of f^(-1) at (b, a) will just be the reciprocal of the slope of f at (a, b). So the required slope is 1/(4/9) = 9/4.

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