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lessthantheair17
Mar 27, 2007, 07:37 PM
How do you find the inverse of y=x+5/3

Capuchin
Mar 27, 2007, 11:30 PM
The inverse function?

You make it x = function of y, and then you swap the xs and ys around :)

so if we took y = 12x - 6

then we make it a function of y

x = (y+6)/12

and then swap the x and y,

y = (x+6)/12

This is the inverse function.