How do you find the inverse of #y=(x+3)²-5# and is it a function?

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Answer 1 · 2016-07-10T03:23:36

#y = (x + 3)^2 - 5#

#x = (y + 3)^2 - 5#

#x + 5 = (y + 3)^2#

#+-sqrt(x + 5) = y + 3#

#+-sqrt(x + 5) - 3 = y#

Hence, #y^(-1) = -3 +- sqrt(x + 5)#

This is not a function, since each value of x often has more than one corresponding value of y.

Hopefully this helps!