Consider the function show. Explain why the graph of a function and its inverse are reflections over the line y = x.

If a function contains the point (a, b), then its inverse contains the point (b, a): the input and output switch places. Swapping coordinates reflects points across the line y = x, so the graph of the function and its inverse are reflections over that line. Choice D gives this coordinate switch.

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