College Algebra (10th Edition)

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Chapter 6 - Section 6.7 - Financial Models - 6.7 Assess Your Understanding - Page 477: 77

Answer

$f^{-1}(x)=\frac{-2x}{1-x}$

Work Step by Step

To get the inverse function, we must "swap" $x$ and $f^{-1}(x)$ and then rearrange the equation so that $f^{-1}(x)$ is "alone" on one side. Hence here: $x=\frac{f^{-1}(x)}{f^{-1}(x)-2}\\x(f^{-1}(x)-2)=f^{-1}(x)\\-2x=f^{-1}(x)-xf^{-1}(x)\\-2x=(1-x)f^{-1}(x)\\f^{-1}(x)=\frac{-2x}{1-x}$
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