The function f : R → R defined by $f(x)=e^x$ is __________.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
Function f : R → R defined by $f(x)=e^x$.
Let $x_1,x_2∈R$ and $f(x_1)=f(x_2)$ or $e^{x_1}=e^{x_2}$ or $x_1=x_2$.
Therefore, f is one-one
Let $f(x)=e^x=y$.
Taking log on both sides, we get : x = log y.
We know that negative real numbers have no pre-image or the function is not onto and zero is not the image of any real numbers.
Therefore, function f is into.