Horizontal line test :
\A function is one-to-one if and only if no horizontal line intersects its graph more than once.
\The function is .
Draw a coordinate plane.
\Graph the function .
Draw a horizontal line at .
Observe the graph :
\The horizontal line touches the graph of the function at more than one point, i.e,
and
.
Therefore, the function is not one-to-one.
\A function has an inverse function if and only if it is one-to-one.
\Since the function is not one-to-one on its entire domain and therefore inverse does not exist.
\Inverse function does not exists.