Find the Inverse f(x) = cube root of x

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

Step 1

Write $f (x) = \sqrt[3]{x}$ as an equation.

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

Step 2

Interchange the variables.

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

Step 3

Solve for $y$ .

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

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

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

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

Simplify each side of the equation.

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

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

Simplify the left side.

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

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

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

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

Cancel the common factor of $3$ .

Cancel the common factor.

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

Rewrite the expression.

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

Simplify.

$y = x^{3}$

Step 4

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

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

Step 5

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cancel the common factor of $3$ .

Cancel the common factor.

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

Rewrite the expression.

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

Simplify.

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

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

Set up the composite result function.

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

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

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

Remove parentheses.

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

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

$f (x^{3}) = x$

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

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

Find the Inverse f(x) = cube root of x

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