Find the Inverse h(x)=2x^3+3

$h (x) = 2 x^{3} + 3$

Step 1

Write $h (x) = 2 x^{3} + 3$ as an equation.

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

Step 2

Interchange the variables.

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

Step 3

Solve for $y$ .

Rewrite the equation as $2 y^{3} + 3 = x$ .

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

Subtract $3$ from both sides of the equation.

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

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

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

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

Simplify the left side.

Cancel the common factor of $2$ .

Cancel the common factor.

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

Divide $y^{3}$ by $1$ .

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

Simplify the right side.

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$y^{3} = \frac{x}{2} - \frac{3}{2}$

Take the specified root of both sides of the equation to eliminate the exponent on the left side.

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

Simplify $\sqrt[3]{\frac{x}{2} - \frac{3}{2}}$ .

Combine the numerators over the common denominator.

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

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

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

Multiply $\frac{\sqrt[3]{x - 3}}{\sqrt[3]{2}}$ by $\frac{{\sqrt[3]{2}}^{2}}{{\sqrt[3]{2}}^{2}}$ .

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

Combine and simplify the denominator.

Multiply $\frac{\sqrt[3]{x - 3}}{\sqrt[3]{2}}$ by $\frac{{\sqrt[3]{2}}^{2}}{{\sqrt[3]{2}}^{2}}$ .

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

Raise $\sqrt[3]{2}$ to the power of $1$ .

$y = \frac{\sqrt[3]{x - 3} {\sqrt[3]{2}}^{2}}{{\sqrt[3]{2}}^{1} {\sqrt[3]{2}}^{2}}$

Use the power rule $a^{m} a^{n} = a^{m + n}$ to combine exponents.

$y = \frac{\sqrt[3]{x - 3} {\sqrt[3]{2}}^{2}}{{\sqrt[3]{2}}^{1 + 2}}$

Add $1$ and $2$ .

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

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

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

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

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

$y = \frac{\sqrt[3]{x - 3} {\sqrt[3]{2}}^{2}}{2^{\frac{1}{3} \cdot 3}}$

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

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

Cancel the common factor of $3$ .

Cancel the common factor.

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

Rewrite the expression.

$y = \frac{\sqrt[3]{x - 3} {\sqrt[3]{2}}^{2}}{2^{1}}$

Evaluate the exponent.

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

Simplify the numerator.

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

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

Raise $2$ to the power of $2$ .

$y = \frac{\sqrt[3]{x - 3} \sqrt[3]{4}}{2}$

Simplify with factoring out.

Combine using the product rule for radicals.

$y = \frac{\sqrt[3]{(x - 3) \cdot 4}}{2}$

Reorder factors in $\frac{\sqrt[3]{(x - 3) \cdot 4}}{2}$ .

$y = \frac{\sqrt[3]{4 (x - 3)}}{2}$

Step 4

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

$h^{- 1} (x) = \frac{\sqrt[3]{4 (x - 3)}}{2}$

Step 5

Verify if $h^{- 1} (x) = \frac{\sqrt[3]{4 (x - 3)}}{2}$ is the inverse of $h (x) = 2 x^{3} + 3$ .

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

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

Set up the composite result function.

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

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

$h^{- 1} (2 x^{3} + 3) = \frac{\sqrt[3]{4 ((2 x^{3} + 3) - 3)}}{2}$

Simplify the numerator.

Subtract $3$ from $3$ .

$h^{- 1} (2 x^{3} + 3) = \frac{\sqrt[3]{4 (2 x^{3} + 0)}}{2}$

Add $2 x^{3}$ and $0$ .

$h^{- 1} (2 x^{3} + 3) = \frac{\sqrt[3]{4 \cdot (2 x^{3})}}{2}$

Multiply $4$ by $2$ .

$h^{- 1} (2 x^{3} + 3) = \frac{\sqrt[3]{8 x^{3}}}{2}$

Rewrite $8 x^{3}$ as ${(2 x)}^{3}$ .

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

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

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

Cancel the common factor of $2$ .

Cancel the common factor.

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

Divide $x$ by $1$ .

$h^{- 1} (2 x^{3} + 3) = x$

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

Set up the composite result function.

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

Evaluate $h (\frac{\sqrt[3]{4 (x - 3)}}{2})$ by substituting in the value of $h^{- 1}$ into $h$ .

$h (\frac{\sqrt[3]{4 (x - 3)}}{2}) = 2 {(\frac{\sqrt[3]{4 (x - 3)}}{2})}^{3} + 3$

Simplify each term.

Apply the product rule to $\frac{\sqrt[3]{4 (x - 3)}}{2}$ .

$h (\frac{\sqrt[3]{4 (x - 3)}}{2}) = 2 (\frac{{\sqrt[3]{4 (x - 3)}}^{3}}{2^{3}}) + 3$

Simplify the numerator.

Rewrite ${\sqrt[3]{4 (x - 3)}}^{3}$ as $4 (x - 3)$ .

Use $\sqrt[n]{a^{x}} = a^{\frac{x}{n}}$ to rewrite $\sqrt[3]{4 (x - 3)}$ as ${(4 (x - 3))}^{\frac{1}{3}}$ .

$h (\frac{\sqrt[3]{4 (x - 3)}}{2}) = 2 (\frac{{({(4 (x - 3))}^{\frac{1}{3}})}^{3}}{2^{3}}) + 3$

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

$h (\frac{\sqrt[3]{4 (x - 3)}}{2}) = 2 (\frac{{(4 (x - 3))}^{\frac{1}{3} \cdot 3}}{2^{3}}) + 3$

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

$h (\frac{\sqrt[3]{4 (x - 3)}}{2}) = 2 (\frac{{(4 (x - 3))}^{\frac{3}{3}}}{2^{3}}) + 3$

Cancel the common factor of $3$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$h (\frac{\sqrt[3]{4 (x - 3)}}{2}) = 2 (\frac{{(4 (x - 3))}^{\frac{3}{3}}}{2^{3}}) + 3$

Rewrite the expression.

$h (\frac{\sqrt[3]{4 (x - 3)}}{2}) = 2 (\frac{4 (x - 3)}{2^{3}}) + 3$

Simplify.

$h (\frac{\sqrt[3]{4 (x - 3)}}{2}) = 2 (\frac{4 (x - 3)}{2^{3}}) + 3$

Apply the distributive property.

$h (\frac{\sqrt[3]{4 (x - 3)}}{2}) = 2 (\frac{4 x + 4 \cdot - 3}{2^{3}}) + 3$

Multiply $4$ by $- 3$ .

$h (\frac{\sqrt[3]{4 (x - 3)}}{2}) = 2 (\frac{4 x - 12}{2^{3}}) + 3$

Factor $4$ out of $4 x - 12$ .

Factor $4$ out of $4 x$ .

$h (\frac{\sqrt[3]{4 (x - 3)}}{2}) = 2 (\frac{4 (x) - 12}{2^{3}}) + 3$

Factor $4$ out of $- 12$ .

$h (\frac{\sqrt[3]{4 (x - 3)}}{2}) = 2 (\frac{4 x + 4 \cdot - 3}{2^{3}}) + 3$

Factor $4$ out of $4 x + 4 \cdot - 3$ .

$h (\frac{\sqrt[3]{4 (x - 3)}}{2}) = 2 (\frac{4 (x - 3)}{2^{3}}) + 3$

Raise $2$ to the power of $3$ .

$h (\frac{\sqrt[3]{4 (x - 3)}}{2}) = 2 (\frac{4 (x - 3)}{8}) + 3$

Cancel the common factor of $2$ .

Factor $2$ out of $8$ .

$h (\frac{\sqrt[3]{4 (x - 3)}}{2}) = 2 (\frac{4 (x - 3)}{2 (4)}) + 3$

Cancel the common factor.

$h (\frac{\sqrt[3]{4 (x - 3)}}{2}) = 2 (\frac{4 (x - 3)}{2 \cdot 4}) + 3$

Rewrite the expression.

$h (\frac{\sqrt[3]{4 (x - 3)}}{2}) = \frac{4 (x - 3)}{4} + 3$

Cancel the common factor of $4$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$h (\frac{\sqrt[3]{4 (x - 3)}}{2}) = \frac{4 (x - 3)}{4} + 3$

Divide $x - 3$ by $1$ .

$h (\frac{\sqrt[3]{4 (x - 3)}}{2}) = x - 3 + 3$

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

Add $- 3$ and $3$ .

$h (\frac{\sqrt[3]{4 (x - 3)}}{2}) = x + 0$

Add $x$ and $0$ .

$h (\frac{\sqrt[3]{4 (x - 3)}}{2}) = x$

Since $h^{- 1} (h (x)) = x$ and $h (h^{- 1} (x)) = x$ , then $h^{- 1} (x) = \frac{\sqrt[3]{4 (x - 3)}}{2}$ is the inverse of $h (x) = 2 x^{3} + 3$ .

$h^{- 1} (x) = \frac{\sqrt[3]{4 (x - 3)}}{2}$

Find the Inverse h(x)=2x^3+3

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