Find the Inverse cube root of 3x-1

$\sqrt[3]{3 x - 1}$

Step 1

Interchange the variables.

$x = \sqrt[3]{3 y - 1}$

Step 2

Solve for $y$ .

Rewrite the equation as $\sqrt[3]{3 y - 1} = x$ .

$\sqrt[3]{3 y - 1} = x$

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

${\sqrt[3]{3 y - 1}}^{3} = x^{3}$

Simplify each side of the equation.

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

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

Simplify the left side.

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

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

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

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

Cancel the common factor of $3$ .

Cancel the common factor.

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

Rewrite the expression.

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

Simplify.

$3 y - 1 = x^{3}$

Solve for $y$ .

Add $1$ to both sides of the equation.

$3 y = x^{3} + 1$

Divide each term in $3 y = x^{3} + 1$ by $3$ and simplify.

Divide each term in $3 y = x^{3} + 1$ by $3$ .

$\frac{3 y}{3} = \frac{x^{3}}{3} + \frac{1}{3}$

Simplify the left side.

Cancel the common factor of $3$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{3 y}{3} = \frac{x^{3}}{3} + \frac{1}{3}$

Divide $y$ by $1$ .

$y = \frac{x^{3}}{3} + \frac{1}{3}$

Step 3

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

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

Step 4

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

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

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

Combine the numerators over the common denominator.

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

Rewrite ${\sqrt[3]{3 x - 1}}^{3}$ as $3 x - 1$ .

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cancel the common factor of $3$ .

Cancel the common factor.

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

Rewrite the expression.

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

Simplify.

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

Simplify terms.

Combine the opposite terms in $3 x - 1 + 1$ .

Add $- 1$ and $1$ .

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

Add $3 x$ and $0$ .

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

Cancel the common factor of $3$ .

Cancel the common factor.

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

Divide $x$ by $1$ .

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

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

Set up the composite result function.

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

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

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

Apply the distributive property.

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

Cancel the common factor of $3$ .

Cancel the common factor.

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

Rewrite the expression.

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

Cancel the common factor of $3$ .

Cancel the common factor.

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

Rewrite the expression.

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

Simplify by subtracting numbers.

Subtract $1$ from $1$ .

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Find the Inverse cube root of 3x-1

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