Answer:
The customary method of finding the inverse is some variant of the method I'm going to use below. Whatever method you use, make sure you do the exact same steps in the exact same order every time, so you remember those steps when you get to the test.
Find the inverse of y = 3x – 2.
Here's how the process works:
Here's my original function:
y = 3x - 2
Now I'll try to solve for "x =":
y + 2 = 3x
(y + 2)/3 = x
Once I have " x =", I'll switch x and y; the "y =" is the inverse.
y = (x + 2)/3
Then the inverse is y = (x + 2) / 3
If you need to find the domain and range, look at the original function and its graph. The domain of the original function is the set of all allowable x-values; in this case, the function was a simple polynomial, so the domain was "all real numbers". The range of the original function is all the y-values you'll pass on the graph; in this case, the straight line goes on for ever in either direction, so the range is also "all real numbers". To find the domain and range of the inverse, just swap the domain and range from the original function.
Step-by-step explanation:
