How do you find the inverse of y = 2x^2 - 3x +1 and is it a function?

1 Answer
Jun 5, 2016

To find the inverse you need to write x= something, then it is exactly the same way as to solve the second order equation:

y=2x^2-3x+1

2x^2-3x+1-y=0

x=(3\pm sqrt(9-4*2*(1-y)))/4

x=(3\pm sqrt(1-8y))/4.

This is the inverse. It is not a function because for one y you have two x, one with the plus solution and one with the minus.