Because f(x) , its inverse is a function.

A function’s inverse is also a function when the original function is one-to-one: each output of f must come from only one input, so reversing the inputs and outputs still gives exactly one output for each input. This is why choice A, “is one to one,” completes the statement. Merely being a function or passing the vertical line test is not enough.

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