Provide an appropriate response.Prove that the function f is not one-to-one.f(x) = x2 + 2

What will be an ideal response?


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Find two numbers a and b for which a ? b and f(a) = f(b). Two such numbers are -1 and 1 because f(-1) = f(1) = 3. Thus, f is not one-to-one.

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