Which of the following function is surjective but not injective?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
$f(x) =x^4+2x^3-x^2+1$ is polynomial of even degree hence its range can’t be R.
Hence not surjective.
$f(x) =x^3+x+1,f'(x)=3x^2+1$ ⇒ monotonic hence bijective.
$f(x) =\sqrt{1+x^2}$, neither surjective not injective.
$f(x) =x^3+2x^2-x+1,\,f'(x)=3x^2+4x-1⇒D=16+12>0$
Hence ( )x f is non-monotonic cubic polynomial hence surjective but not injective.