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A space is path-connected if for every pair $x_0,x_1$ it contains a continuous path $\gamma :[0,1]\to X$ with $\gamma (0)=x_0$ and $\gamma (1)=x_1$. For any $y_0,y_1\in f(X)$ choose preimages $x_0,x_1$. A path between those preimages maps to $f\circ \gamma$, a continuous path from $y_0$ to $y_1$ staying in $f(X)$. Thus a continuous image of a path-connected space is path-connected. Surjectivity onto the ambient codomain $Y$ is not needed; the conclusion concerns $f(X)$.