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I know what inverse functions are, but how do I find an inverse of something like this:

 

y=(e^x)/(1+e^x).

 

What I thought of doing which I'm not sure about is:

 

y(1+e^x) = e^x

y+ye^x = e^x

(y/e^x)+y = 1

1/e^x +1 = 1/y

e^x = y-1

x = ln(y-1)

 

I think what I've done is ridiculously wrong..but yeah...

here's what I did:

 

first switch x and y

 

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x=e^y/(1+e^y)

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ln x = y - ln(1+e^y)

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ln x + ln (1+e^y) = y

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x + xe^y = e^y

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y = lnx - ln(1-x)

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