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Old Jun14-09, 03:08 AM       Last edited by Mathysics; Jun14-09 at 03:48 AM..            #1
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f(x) = 1/(x+1) - 2/9

just wondering whats f-1 (y) will be

ill have a go at it now thx
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Old Jun14-09, 03:15 AM                  #2
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Re: functions

Well, what have you tried so far?
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Old Jun14-09, 03:40 AM       Last edited by symbolipoint; Jun14-09 at 03:42 AM.. Reason: not humanly readable.            #3
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You have some text-form expression difficulties. You seem to want to find the inverse of
f(x) = LaTeX Code: \\frac{1}{x+1} - LaTeX Code: \\frac{2}{9}
In which you may create the transformation using f(x)=y of
x = LaTeX Code: \\frac{1}{y+1} - LaTeX Code: \\frac{2}{9}

Solve for y which will really be your inverse of the original function. Watch your algebra steps carefully, and then try checking your result again.

That looks very bad when I view the forum result; the 'tex' tagged portions look blackened and are not readable or legible. Is this just me here, or does it look that way for everybody?
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Old Jun14-09, 03:57 AM       Last edited by Mathysics; Jun14-09 at 04:03 AM..            #4
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wow thank you very much i got it now :)
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