Find the Inverse f(x) = natural log of 3x

$f (x) = \ln (3 x)$

Step 1

Write $f (x) = \ln (3 x)$ as an equation.

$y = \ln (3 x)$

Step 2

Interchange the variables.

$x = \ln (3 y)$

Step 3

Solve for $y$ .

Rewrite the equation as $\ln (3 y) = x$ .

$\ln (3 y) = x$

To solve for $y$ , rewrite the equation using properties of logarithms.

$e^{\ln (3 y)} = e^{x}$

Rewrite $\ln (3 y) = x$ in exponential form using the definition of a logarithm. If $x$ and $b$ are positive real numbers and $b \neq 1$ , then $\log_{b} (x) = y$ is equivalent to $b^{y} = x$ .

$e^{x} = 3 y$

Solve for $y$ .

Rewrite the equation as $3 y = e^{x}$ .

$3 y = e^{x}$

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

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

$\frac{3 y}{3} = \frac{e^{x}}{3}$

Simplify the left side.

Cancel the common factor of $3$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{3 y}{3} = \frac{e^{x}}{3}$

Divide $y$ by $1$ .

$y = \frac{e^{x}}{3}$

Step 4

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

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

Step 5

Verify if $f^{- 1} (x) = \frac{e^{x}}{3}$ is the inverse of $f (x) = \ln (3 x)$ .

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

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

Exponentiation and log are inverse functions.

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

Cancel the common factor of $3$ .

Cancel the common factor.

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

Divide $x$ by $1$ .

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

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

Set up the composite result function.

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

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

$f (\frac{e^{x}}{3}) = \ln (3 (\frac{e^{x}}{3}))$

Cancel the common factor of $3$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$f (\frac{e^{x}}{3}) = \ln (3 (\frac{e^{x}}{3}))$

Rewrite the expression.

$f (\frac{e^{x}}{3}) = \ln (e^{x})$

Use logarithm rules to move $x$ out of the exponent.

$f (\frac{e^{x}}{3}) = x \ln (e)$

The natural logarithm of $e$ is $1$ .

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

Multiply $x$ by $1$ .

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

Since $f^{- 1} (f (x)) = x$ and $f (f^{- 1} (x)) = x$ , then $f^{- 1} (x) = \frac{e^{x}}{3}$ is the inverse of $f (x) = \ln (3 x)$ .

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

Find the Inverse f(x) = natural log of 3x

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