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OpenStudy (clamin):

PLEASE HELP

OpenStudy (clamin):

OpenStudy (kittiwitti1):

Inverses: switch the variables x and y, solve for y (isolate it). Then you get the resulting inverse function.

OpenStudy (clamin):

i did switch em but i dont know how to solve fractions

OpenStudy (kittiwitti1):

Show me where you got stuck, maybe I can help you ☻

OpenStudy (clamin):

im solving the letter A and I dont know how to solve it with the radical

OpenStudy (kittiwitti1):

Did you solve for the inverse of f(x) or the inverse of g(x)? The second one is harder.

OpenStudy (clamin):

im stuck on the first one

OpenStudy (kittiwitti1):

Inverse of f(x)\[y=3x^{3}+15\rightarrow x=3y^{3}+15\]\[x-15=3y^{3}\rightarrow \frac{x-15}{3}=y^{3}\]\[y=\sqrt[3]{\frac{x-15}{3}}\]Yeah... I don't think A works out. I'm asking if you solved for the inverse of f(x), or solved for the inverse of g(x)

OpenStudy (kittiwitti1):

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=inverse+3x%5E3%2B15 Seems like it's wrong

OpenStudy (clamin):

ohh i thought you have to solve it like this \[f(g(x))\]

OpenStudy (kittiwitti1):

That's a composition function (f ○ g)(x) lol

OpenStudy (clamin):

ohh thats why i was strugglinf

OpenStudy (kittiwitti1):

Do you get what I was doing, though?

OpenStudy (clamin):

so i have to solve for both f(x) and g(x) and they have to end the same answer??

OpenStudy (clamin):

i dont get it

OpenStudy (kittiwitti1):

Wait... I think I'm messing up here. Hold on

OpenStudy (kittiwitti1):

Okay yeah. You were doing it right. You just have to make sure (f○g)(x) and (g○f)(x) are equal. SOURCE http://www.coolmath.com/algebra/16-inverse-functions/04-how-to-tell-if-two-functions-are-inverses-01

OpenStudy (clamin):

its 1am here and i need to go

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