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If F(x)=x+1/x-2  then find f-1(x) 

 Jun 14, 2014

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I actually don't know how to get the inverse, mathematically......maybe some other people on the site know a trick or two and could show you....!!!

Strictly speaking, we would have to have a restricted domain on the original function since it isn't one-to-one.....

However, here's what WolframAlpha has .......(the red graph is the original and the blue one is the inverse)

 

We would want to write it as:

f-1(x) = (x+2)/2 ±(1/2)√(x)√(x+4)

 

 Jun 14, 2014
 #1
avatar+130466 
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Best Answer

I actually don't know how to get the inverse, mathematically......maybe some other people on the site know a trick or two and could show you....!!!

Strictly speaking, we would have to have a restricted domain on the original function since it isn't one-to-one.....

However, here's what WolframAlpha has .......(the red graph is the original and the blue one is the inverse)

 

We would want to write it as:

f-1(x) = (x+2)/2 ±(1/2)√(x)√(x+4)

 

CPhill Jun 14, 2014
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do you actually mean

f(x)=x+(1/x)-2  

which is what you have written

OR

do you mean

f(x)=(x+1)(x-2)

 Jun 15, 2014

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