How do you find the inverse of f(x) = (1-2x) / (1+x)?

1 Answer
Jan 6, 2016

f(x)=(1-2x)/(1+x)

implies y=(1-2x)/(1+x)

implies y(1+x)=1-2x implies y+xy=1-2x implies 2x+xy=1-y
implies x(2+y)=1-y implies x=(1-y)/(2+y)
Now interchange x and y
implies y=(1-x)/(2+x)
implies f^-1(x)=(1-x)/(2+x)