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Determine Algebraically Whether the Following Function Is One-To-One f(x)=5x23x2+6f ( x ) = \frac { 5 x ^ { 2 } } { 3 x ^ { 2 } + 6 }

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Determine algebraically whether the following function is one-to-one.
f(x) =5x23x2+6f ( x ) = \frac { 5 x ^ { 2 } } { 3 x ^ { 2 } + 6 } , where x>0x > 0


A)
5a23a2+6=5b23b2+65a23a2+5a26=5b23b2+5b2653+5a26=53+5b2630+5a218=30+5b218; not one-to- 30+5a2=30+5b25a2=5b2a2=b2±a=±b\begin{aligned}\frac { 5 a ^ { 2 } } { 3 a ^ { 2 } + 6 } & = \frac { 5 b ^ { 2 } } { 3 b ^ { 2 } + 6 } \\\frac { 5 a ^ { 2 } } { 3 a ^ { 2 } } + \frac { 5 a ^ { 2 } } { 6 } & = \frac { 5 b ^ { 2 } } { 3 b ^ { 2 } } + \frac { 5 b ^ { 2 } } { 6 } \\\frac { 5 } { 3 } + \frac { 5 a ^ { 2 } } { 6 } & = \frac { 5 } { 3 } + \frac { 5 b ^ { 2 } } { 6 } \\\frac { 30 + 5 a ^ { 2 } } { 18 } & = \frac { 30 + 5 b ^ { 2 } } { 18 } ; \text { not one-to- } \\30 + 5 a ^ { 2 } & = 30 + 5 b ^ { 2 } \\5 a ^ { 2 } & = 5 b ^ { 2 } \\a ^ { 2 } & = b ^ { 2 } \\\pm a & = \pm b\end{aligned}
B)
5a23a2+6=5b23b2+653+6=53+6; one-to- 56=36a=b\begin{aligned}\frac { 5 a ^ { 2 } } { 3 a ^ { 2 } + 6 } & = \frac { 5 b ^ { 2 } } { 3 b ^ { 2 } + 6 } \\\frac { 5 } { 3 + 6 } & = \frac { 5 } { 3 + 6 } ; \text { one-to- } \\\frac { 5 } { 6 } & = \frac { 3 } { 6 } \\a & = b\end{aligned}
C)
5a23a2+6=5b23b2+65a23a2=5b23b2; one-to-one 53=53a=b\begin{aligned}\frac { 5 a ^ { 2 } } { 3 a ^ { 2 } + 6 } & = \frac { 5 b ^ { 2 } } { 3 b ^ { 2 } + 6 } \\\frac { 5 a ^ { 2 } } { 3 a ^ { 2 } } & = \frac { 5 b ^ { 2 } } { 3 b ^ { 2 } } ; \text { one-to-one } \\\frac { 5 } { 3 } & = \frac { 5 } { 3 } \\a & = b\end{aligned}
D)
5a23a2+6=5b23b2+65a29a2=5b29b25a9=5b95a=5ba= one-to-one \begin{aligned}\frac { 5 a ^ { 2 } } { 3 a ^ { 2 } + 6 } & = \frac { 5 b ^ { 2 } } { 3 b ^ { 2 } + 6 } \\\frac { 5 a ^ { 2 } } { 9 a ^ { 2 } } & = \frac { 5 b ^ { 2 } } { 9 b ^ { 2 } } \\\frac { 5 a } { 9 } & = \frac { 5 b } { 9 } \\5 a & = 5 b \\a & = \text { one-to-one }\end{aligned}
E)
5a23a2+6=5b23b2+65a23a2+5a26=5b23b2+5b2653+5a26=53+5b2630+5a218=30+5b218; one-to-one 30+5a2=30+5b25a2=5b2a2=b2a=b\begin{aligned}\frac { 5 a ^ { 2 } } { 3 a ^ { 2 } + 6 } & = \frac { 5 b ^ { 2 } } { 3 b ^ { 2 } + 6 } \\\frac { 5 a ^ { 2 } } { 3 a ^ { 2 } } + \frac { 5 a ^ { 2 } } { 6 } & = \frac { 5 b ^ { 2 } } { 3 b ^ { 2 } } + \frac { 5 b ^ { 2 } } { 6 } \\\frac { 5 } { 3 } + \frac { 5 a ^ { 2 } } { 6 } & = \frac { 5 } { 3 } + \frac { 5 b ^ { 2 } } { 6 } \\\frac { 30 + 5 a ^ { 2 } } { 18 } & = \frac { 30 + 5 b ^ { 2 } } { 18 } ; \text { one-to-one } \\30 + 5 a ^ { 2 } & = 30 + 5 b ^ { 2 } \\5 a ^ { 2 } & = 5 b ^ { 2 } \\a ^ { 2 } & = b ^ { 2 } \\a & = b\end{aligned}

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