<span>Twelve diminished by six times a number</span>
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<span>12 - 6x </span>
If f(x) is an inverse of g(x),
when
f(x)=y
g(y)=x
aka
f(g(x))=x
g(f(x))=x
basically, the values should be swiched
example
f(x)=
(1,2)
(2,3)
(4,5)
then g(x)=
(2,1)
(3,2)
(5,4)
Let s represent the length of any one side of the original square. The longer side of the resulting rectangle is s + 9 and the shorter side s - 2.
The area of this rectangle is (s+9)(s-2) = 60 in^2.
This is a quadratic equation and can be solved using various methods. Let's rewrite this equation in standard form: s^2 + 7s - 18 = 60, or:
s^2 + 7s - 78 = 0. This factors as follows: (s+13)(s-6)=0, so that s = -13 and s= 6. Discard s = -13, since the side length cannot be negative. Then s = 6, and the area of the original square was 36 in^2.
