Thread: function defined

For the function defined by f(x)=5x-4, find a formula for f^-1(x). My answer is f^-1(x)= 1 divided by 5x-4, is this right. thanks for checking.

doesn't mean .

Think of it this way:
If then the inverse function is denoted and is just the expression with the x and y switched, and then solved for y.

Switching y and x, you get:

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Isolate the y to get:



So .

I see now where I was wrong. thanks for checking my answer.