What is the inverse of the equation $y=3x+2$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-07-29T12:50:39

The inverse is $y=1/3x-2/3$ .

In order to find the inverse of an equation, all we have to do is switch the variables $x$ and $y$ :

$x=3y+2$

From here, just solve for $y$ :

$3y=x-2$

$y=1/3x-2/3$

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