Intermediate Algebra: Connecting Concepts through Application

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 0-53449-636-9
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Chapter 6 - Logarithmic Functions - 6.1 Functions and Their Inverses - 6.1 Exercises - Page 494: 38

Answer

$h^{-1}(x) = -\frac{x+10}{6}$

Work Step by Step

$h(x) = -6x-10$ Let $h(x) = y$: $y = -6x -10$ Switch the variables $x$ and $y$ to find the inverse and solve for $y$: $x = -6y -10$ $x + 10 = -6y$ $y = -\frac{x+10}{6}$ $h^{-1}(x) = -\frac{x+10}{6}$
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