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Answer -
Given:
f (x) = 1 / (1 – x)
Let us prove that f [f {f (x)}] = x.
Firstly, let us solve for f {f (x)}.
f {f (x)} = f {1/(1 – x)}
= 1 / 1 – (1/(1 – x))
= 1 / [(1 – x – 1)/(1 – x)]
= 1 / (-x/(1 – x))
= (1 – x) / -x
= (x – 1) / x
∴ f {f (x)} = (x – 1) / x
Now, we shall solve for f [f {f (x)}]
f [f {f (x)}] = f [(x-1)/x]
= 1 / [1 – (x-1)/x]
= 1 / [(x – (x-1))/x]
= 1 / [(x – x + 1)/x]
= 1 / (1/x)
∴ f [f {f (x)}] = x
Hence proved.