Understanding Inverse Functions - Math

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Let . What is ?

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We are asked to find , which is the inverse of a function.

In order to find the inverse, the first thing we want to do is replace f(x) with y. (This usually makes it easier to separate x from its function.).

Next, we will swap x and y.

Then, we will solve for y. The expression that we determine will be equal to .

Subtract 5 from both sides.

Multiply both sides by -1.

We need to raise both sides of the equation to the 1/3 power in order to remove the exponent on the right side.

We will apply the general property of exponents which states that .

Laslty, we will subtract one from both sides.

The expression equal to y is equal to the inverse of the original function f(x). Thus, we can replace y with .

The answer is .

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