How do you use the horizontal line test to determine whether the function g(x)=10 is one to one?

1 Answer
May 31, 2017

See explanation.

Explanation:

A graph of a one to one function cuts any horizontal line in at most one point (zero or one).

If there is a horizontal line y=a which has more than one points common with the graph, then the function is not one to one (value a is assigned to more than one argument)

The function given as the example in this question is a constant one (i.e. it has the same value 10 for all real numbers). So this value is given to more than one point. The line y=10 has infinitely many points common to the function's graph.