SOLUTION: what is the inverse function of the function: y=2x^2+3x+1?

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Question 700165: what is the inverse function of the function: y=2x^2+3x+1?
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Complete the square to put the function into vertex form:











Solve for in terms of











Swap positions of the variables, but you have to choose between the positive or negative root, otherwise the inverse is not a function (you can't have more than one output for a given input of a function)



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Which is to say:



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