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Thank you We sneak in finding in verses of functions

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algebraic lee allah shmoop if you're not the biggest fan

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of functions well maybe we'll have the opposite feeling about

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their inverse is because he had an inverse is basically

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the opposite of an original functions While the function might

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have an input x and an outright lie that functions

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in verse would have an output value acts for an

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input value Why Okay so how would we find one

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of these things Algebraic lee Well let's say we've got

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the function y equals three x minus seven Well the

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easiest way to find the inverse is to take this

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equation Get x all by itself then full deals which

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ruined x and y and so it had seven both

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sides to get y plus seven equals to react Then

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divide both sides by three to get x equals y

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plus seven put it all over three and finally replaced

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the x with y and y with x to get

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y equals x plus seven all over three and there's

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our inverse of the original function We can test it

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out by plugging in some values for examples if in

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the original function We plug in free for acts Why

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would come out to two If our inverse is accurate

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we should be able to plug in two for acts

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and get three for why Well things might get a

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little hairy when you're dealing with more complicated functions But

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the same basic principle works Solve for x and then

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switch the places of x and y he's kicking Yeah

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