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Determine Algebraically Whether the Following Function Is One-To-One f(x)=5x23x2+6, where x>0f(x)=\frac{5 x^{2}}{3 x^{2}+6}, \text { where } x>0

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

5a23a2+6=5b23b2+65a23a2+5a26=5b23b2+5b26\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}\end{aligned}



A)
53+5a26=53+5b26; not one-to-one 30+5a218=30+5b21830+5a2=30+5b25a2=5b2a2=b2±a=±b\begin{aligned}\frac{5}{3}+\frac{5 a^{2}}{6} &=\frac{5}{3}+\frac{5 b^{2}}{6} ;\text { not one-to-one } \\\frac{30+5 a^{2}}{18} &=\frac{30+5 b^{2}}{18} \\ 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-one 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-one } \\\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+6\frac { 5 a ^ { 2 } } { 3 a ^ { 2 } + 6 } = \frac { 5 b ^ { 2 } } { 3 b ^ { 2 } + 6 }
5a29a2=5b29b2\frac { 5 a ^ { 2 } } { 9 a ^ { 2 } } = \frac { 5 b ^ { 2 } } { 9 b ^ { 2 } }
5a9=5b9; one-to-one 5a=5ba=b\begin{aligned}\frac { 5 a } { 9 } & = \frac { 5 b } { 9 } \quad ; \text { one-to-one } \\5 a & = 5 b \\a & = b\end{aligned}

E)
5a23a2+6=5b23b2+65a23a2+5a26=5b23b2+5b26\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 }\end{aligned}
53+5a26=53+5b26 ; one-to-one \frac { 5 } { 3 } + \frac { 5 a ^ { 2 } } { 6 } = \frac { 5 } { 3 } + \frac { 5 b ^ { 2 } } { 6 }\ ;\text { one-to-one }

30+5a218=30+5b21830+5a2=30+5b25a2=5b2a2=b2a=b\begin{array} { r l c } \frac { 30 + 5 a ^ { 2 } } { 18 } & = \frac { 30 + 5 b ^ { 2 } } { 18 } \\30 + 5 a ^ { 2 } & = & 30 + 5 b ^ { 2 } \\5 a ^ { 2 } & = & 5 b ^ { 2 } \\a ^ { 2 } & = & b ^ { 2 } \\a & = & b\end{array}

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