Which is closer to the Sun—Mercury or the Earth? A. They are the same distance from the Sun. B. The Earth is closer to the Sun than Mercury is. C. Mercury is closer to the Sun than the Earth is. D. The distance from the Earth to the Sun cannot be determined.

the answer is C

Explanation:

I know because mercury is the first planet closest to the sun

the answer is a. at the equator

we have been given a quadratic function and we need to restrict the domain such that it becomes a one to one function.

we know that vertex of this quadratic function occurs at (5,2).

further, we know that range of this function is .

if we restrict the domain of this function to either or , it will become one to one function.

let us know find its inverse.

upon interchanging x and y, we get:

let us now solve this function for y.

hence, the inverse function would be if we restrict the domain of original function to and the inverse function would be if we restrict the domain to .