Inverse Functions - Algebra 2

Interchange the x and y-variables.

Solve for y. Distribute the constant through the binomial.

Add 24 on both sides.

The equation becomes:

Divide by four on both sides.

Simplify both sides.

The answer is:

Given

Hence

Interchanging with we get:

Solving for results in .

The question is asking for the inverse function. To find the inverse, first switch input and output -- which is usually easiest if you use notation instead of . Then, solve for .

Here's where we switch:

To solve for , we first have to get it out of the denominator. We do that by multiplying both sides by .

Distribute:

Get all the terms on the same side of the equation:

Factor out a :

Divide by :

This is our inverse function!

In order to find the inverse function, we must swap and and then solve for .

Becomes

Now we need to solve for :

Finally, we need to divide each side by 4.

This gives us our inverse function:

Let's say that the function takes the input and yields the output . In math terms:

So, the inverse function needs to take the input and yield the output :

So, to answer this question, we need to flip the inputs and outputs for . We do this by replacing with (or a dummy variable; I used ) and with . Then we solve for to get our inverse function:

Now we solve for by subtracting from both sides, taking the cube root, and then adding :

is our inverse function,

The question is essentially asking this: take say that equals , then take , then whatever that equals, say , take . So, we start with ; we know that , so if we flip that around we know . Now we have to take , but we know that is . Now we have to take , but we don't have that in our table; we do have , though, and if we flip it around, we get , which is our answer.

Our question is asking "What is of of inverse?" First we find the inverse of . Looking at the question, we see ; if we flip that around, we get . Now we need to find what is; that is an easy one, as it is directly provided: . Now we need to find . Again, this isn't given, but what is given is , so , and that is our answer.

To find the inverse of a function, you need to change all of the values to values and all the values to values. If you flip a function over the line , then you are changing all the values to values and all the values to values, giving you the inverse of your function.

To find the inverse of a function, we need to switch all the inputs ( variables) for all the outputs ( variables or variables), so if we just switch all the variables to variables and all the variables to variables and solve for , then will be our inverse function.

turns into the following once the variables are switched:

the first thing we do is subtract from each side; then, we take the natural log of each side. This gives us

Then we just add three to each side and take the square root of each side, making sure we have both the positive and negative roots.

This is the inverse function of the function with which we were provided.

Interchange the and variables and solve for .

When finding the inverse go through the following steps:

1. Replace f(x) with y:

1. Swap the x and y variables

1. Solve for y:

add 5 to both sides

divide everything by 3

simplify and express as an inverse using

To find the inverse of a function, swap the x and y variable and solve for y.

The new expression after the swap is

Now solve for y.

This y actually represents the inverse of the original y.

To find the inverse of a function, switch the x and y in the original function and then solve for y.

In order to find the inverse, interchange the and variables.

Solve for . Add eight on both sides.

Divide by three on both sides.

Simplify the left and right side.

The answer is:

Interchange the and variables in the equation.

Solve for . Subtract two on both sides.

Distribute the right side of the equation to eliminate the parentheses.

Subtract four on both sides.

Divide by negative two on both sides.

Rewrite this in slope-intercept form.

The answer is:

The notation denotes the inverse of the function .

Rewrite using as a replacement of .

Interchange and and solve for .

Divide by four on both sides.

Square root both sides to eliminate the squared term.

The answer is:

To find the inverse of a linear function, switch the variables and solve for y.

Switch the variables:

Multiply both sides by 2:

Add 3 to both sides to isolate y:

Combine the x terms:

Switch the variables:

Solve for y:

Convert y term to a fraction to see how to simplify more easily:

First convert to slope intercept form:

To find the inverse we switch the variables and solve for y again: