Find the Inverse cube root of 2x-5

$\sqrt[3]{2 x - 5}$

Step 1

Interchange the variables.

$x = \sqrt[3]{2 y - 5}$

Step 2

Solve for $y$ .

Rewrite the equation as $\sqrt[3]{2 y - 5} = x$ .

$\sqrt[3]{2 y - 5} = x$

To remove the radical on the left side of the equation, cube both sides of the equation.

${\sqrt[3]{2 y - 5}}^{3} = x^{3}$

Simplify each side of the equation.

Use $\sqrt[n]{a^{x}} = a^{\frac{x}{n}}$ to rewrite $\sqrt[3]{2 y - 5}$ as ${(2 y - 5)}^{\frac{1}{3}}$ .

${({(2 y - 5)}^{\frac{1}{3}})}^{3} = x^{3}$

Simplify the left side.

Simplify ${({(2 y - 5)}^{\frac{1}{3}})}^{3}$ .

Multiply the exponents in ${({(2 y - 5)}^{\frac{1}{3}})}^{3}$ .

Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, ${(a^{m})}^{n} = a^{m n}$ .

${(2 y - 5)}^{\frac{1}{3} \cdot 3} = x^{3}$

Cancel the common factor of $3$ .

Cancel the common factor.

${(2 y - 5)}^{\frac{1}{3} \cdot 3} = x^{3}$

Rewrite the expression.

${(2 y - 5)}^{1} = x^{3}$

Simplify.

$2 y - 5 = x^{3}$

Solve for $y$ .

Add $5$ to both sides of the equation.

$2 y = x^{3} + 5$

Divide each term in $2 y = x^{3} + 5$ by $2$ and simplify.

Divide each term in $2 y = x^{3} + 5$ by $2$ .

$\frac{2 y}{2} = \frac{x^{3}}{2} + \frac{5}{2}$

Simplify the left side.

Cancel the common factor of $2$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{2 y}{2} = \frac{x^{3}}{2} + \frac{5}{2}$

Divide $y$ by $1$ .

$y = \frac{x^{3}}{2} + \frac{5}{2}$

Step 3

Replace $y$ with $f^{- 1} (x)$ to show the final answer.

$f^{- 1} (x) = \frac{x^{3}}{2} + \frac{5}{2}$

Step 4

Verify if $f^{- 1} (x) = \frac{x^{3}}{2} + \frac{5}{2}$ is the inverse of $f (x) = \sqrt[3]{2 x - 5}$ .

To verify the inverse, check if $f^{- 1} (f (x)) = x$ and $f (f^{- 1} (x)) = x$ .

Evaluate $f^{- 1} (f (x))$ .

Set up the composite result function.

$f^{- 1} (f (x))$

Evaluate $f^{- 1} (\sqrt[3]{2 x - 5})$ by substituting in the value of $f$ into $f^{- 1}$ .

$f^{- 1} (\sqrt[3]{2 x - 5}) = \frac{{(\sqrt[3]{2 x - 5})}^{3}}{2} + \frac{5}{2}$

Combine the numerators over the common denominator.

$f^{- 1} (\sqrt[3]{2 x - 5}) = \frac{{(\sqrt[3]{2 x - 5})}^{3} + 5}{2}$

Rewrite ${\sqrt[3]{2 x - 5}}^{3}$ as $2 x - 5$ .

Use $\sqrt[n]{a^{x}} = a^{\frac{x}{n}}$ to rewrite $\sqrt[3]{2 x - 5}$ as ${(2 x - 5)}^{\frac{1}{3}}$ .

$f^{- 1} (\sqrt[3]{2 x - 5}) = \frac{{({(2 x - 5)}^{\frac{1}{3}})}^{3} + 5}{2}$

Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, ${(a^{m})}^{n} = a^{m n}$ .

$f^{- 1} (\sqrt[3]{2 x - 5}) = \frac{{(2 x - 5)}^{\frac{1}{3} \cdot 3} + 5}{2}$

Combine $\frac{1}{3}$ and $3$ .

$f^{- 1} (\sqrt[3]{2 x - 5}) = \frac{{(2 x - 5)}^{\frac{3}{3}} + 5}{2}$

Cancel the common factor of $3$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$f^{- 1} (\sqrt[3]{2 x - 5}) = \frac{{(2 x - 5)}^{\frac{3}{3}} + 5}{2}$

Rewrite the expression.

$f^{- 1} (\sqrt[3]{2 x - 5}) = \frac{(2 x - 5) + 5}{2}$

Simplify.

$f^{- 1} (\sqrt[3]{2 x - 5}) = \frac{2 x - 5 + 5}{2}$

Simplify terms.

Combine the opposite terms in $2 x - 5 + 5$ .

Add $- 5$ and $5$ .

$f^{- 1} (\sqrt[3]{2 x - 5}) = \frac{2 x + 0}{2}$

Add $2 x$ and $0$ .

$f^{- 1} (\sqrt[3]{2 x - 5}) = \frac{2 x}{2}$

Cancel the common factor of $2$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$f^{- 1} (\sqrt[3]{2 x - 5}) = \frac{2 x}{2}$

Divide $x$ by $1$ .

$f^{- 1} (\sqrt[3]{2 x - 5}) = x$

Evaluate $f (f^{- 1} (x))$ .

Set up the composite result function.

$f (f^{- 1} (x))$

Evaluate $f (\frac{x^{3}}{2} + \frac{5}{2})$ by substituting in the value of $f^{- 1}$ into $f$ .

$f (\frac{x^{3}}{2} + \frac{5}{2}) = \sqrt[3]{2 (\frac{x^{3}}{2} + \frac{5}{2}) - 5}$

Apply the distributive property.

$f (\frac{x^{3}}{2} + \frac{5}{2}) = \sqrt[3]{2 (\frac{x^{3}}{2}) + 2 (\frac{5}{2}) - 5}$

Cancel the common factor of $2$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$f (\frac{x^{3}}{2} + \frac{5}{2}) = \sqrt[3]{2 (\frac{x^{3}}{2}) + 2 (\frac{5}{2}) - 5}$

Rewrite the expression.

$f (\frac{x^{3}}{2} + \frac{5}{2}) = \sqrt[3]{x^{3} + 2 (\frac{5}{2}) - 5}$

Cancel the common factor of $2$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$f (\frac{x^{3}}{2} + \frac{5}{2}) = \sqrt[3]{x^{3} + 2 (\frac{5}{2}) - 5}$

Rewrite the expression.

$f (\frac{x^{3}}{2} + \frac{5}{2}) = \sqrt[3]{x^{3} + 5 - 5}$

Simplify by subtracting numbers.

Subtract $5$ from $5$ .

$f (\frac{x^{3}}{2} + \frac{5}{2}) = \sqrt[3]{x^{3} + 0}$

Add $x^{3}$ and $0$ .

$f (\frac{x^{3}}{2} + \frac{5}{2}) = \sqrt[3]{x^{3}}$

Pull terms out from under the radical, assuming real numbers.

$f (\frac{x^{3}}{2} + \frac{5}{2}) = x$

Since $f^{- 1} (f (x)) = x$ and $f (f^{- 1} (x)) = x$ , then $f^{- 1} (x) = \frac{x^{3}}{2} + \frac{5}{2}$ is the inverse of $f (x) = \sqrt[3]{2 x - 5}$ .

$f^{- 1} (x) = \frac{x^{3}}{2} + \frac{5}{2}$

Find the Inverse cube root of 2x-5

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