Answer:
HUH? What do you mean about that?
Answer:
x = 4
Step-by-step explanation:
180 = 102 + 24x - 18
- 102 - 18 = 84
- subtract 84 from both sides
- 96 = 24x
- divide both sides by 4
- 4 = x
The ratio of the smaller to the larger is given as 2:4. Another way to write this is as a fraction:

which of course you can see now will reduce to

. That's your ratio.
The inverse of this function is y = 
You can find the inverse of any function by switching the x and y values. Once you've done that, you can solve for the new y. The result will be the inverse of the function. The work for this one is below.
y =
----> Switch the x and y
x =
-----> Add 9 to both sides
x + 9 =
----> Take the natural log (ln) of both sides. This will case the e to cancel on the right side.
ln(x + 9) = 2y ----> Divide both sides by 2.
y = 
This will be your inverse function.