How do you find the inverse of y=2x23x+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=2x23x+1

2x23x+1y=0

x=3±942(1y)4

x=3±18y4.

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.