Algebra Examples

Find the Inverse y=4/3(x-1)^3+6
Step 1
Interchange the variables.
Step 2
Solve for .
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Step 2.1
Rewrite the equation as .
Step 2.2
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 2.3
Combine and .
Step 2.4
Multiply both sides of the equation by .
Step 2.5
Simplify both sides of the equation.
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Step 2.5.1
Simplify the left side.
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Step 2.5.1.1
Simplify .
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Combine.
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Cancel the common factor of .
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Cancel the common factor.
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Rewrite the expression.
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Cancel the common factor of .
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Cancel the common factor.
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Divide by .
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Simplify the right side.
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Step 2.5.2.1
Simplify .
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Apply the distributive property.
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Combine and .
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Cancel the common factor of .
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Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
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Cancel the common factor.
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Rewrite the expression.
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Combine and .
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Simplify the expression.
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Multiply by .
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Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 2.6
Take the specified root of both sides of the equation to eliminate the exponent on the left side.
Step 2.7
Simplify .
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Step 2.7.1
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 2.7.2
Write each expression with a common denominator of , by multiplying each by an appropriate factor of .
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Step 2.7.2.1
Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
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Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
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Simplify the numerator.
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Step 2.7.4.1
Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
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Multiply by .
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Rewrite as .
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Multiply by .
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Combine and simplify the denominator.
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Step 2.7.7.1
Multiply by .
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Raise to the power of .
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Use the power rule to combine exponents.
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Add and .
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Rewrite as .
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Use to rewrite as .
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Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
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Combine and .
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Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 2.7.7.5.4.1
Cancel the common factor.
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Rewrite the expression.
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Evaluate the exponent.
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Simplify the numerator.
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Step 2.7.8.1
Rewrite as .
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Raise to the power of .
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Rewrite as .
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Step 2.7.8.3.1
Factor out of .
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Rewrite as .
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Pull terms out from under the radical.
Step 2.7.8.5
Combine exponents.
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Step 2.7.8.5.1
Combine using the product rule for radicals.
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Multiply by .
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Cancel the common factor of and .
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Step 2.7.9.1
Factor out of .
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Cancel the common factors.
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Step 2.7.9.2.1
Factor out of .
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Cancel the common factor.
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Rewrite the expression.
Step 2.8
Add to both sides of the equation.
Step 2.9
Simplify .
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Step 2.9.1
Write as a fraction with a common denominator.
Step 2.9.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 3
Replace with to show the final answer.
Step 4
Verify if is the inverse of .
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Step 4.1
To verify the inverse, check if and .
Step 4.2
Evaluate .
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Step 4.2.1
Set up the composite result function.
Step 4.2.2
Evaluate by substituting in the value of into .
Step 4.2.3
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 4.2.3.1
Use the Binomial Theorem.
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Simplify each term.
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Multiply by .
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Raise to the power of .
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Multiply by .
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Raise to the power of .
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Apply the distributive property.
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Simplify.
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Combine and .
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Cancel the common factor of .
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Factor out of .
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Cancel the common factor.
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Rewrite the expression.
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Multiply by .
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Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 4.2.3.4.4.1
Factor out of .
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Cancel the common factor.
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Rewrite the expression.
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Multiply .
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Combine and .
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Multiply by .
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Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 4.2.3.6
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 4.2.3.7
Combine and .
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Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
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Simplify the numerator.
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Multiply by .
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Add and .
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To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
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Combine and .
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Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
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Simplify the numerator.
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Multiply by .
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Subtract from .
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Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
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Multiply by .
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Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 4.2.3.17
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 4.2.3.18
Combine and .
Step 4.2.3.19
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
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Simplify the numerator.
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Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
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Multiply by .
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Find the common denominator.
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Write as a fraction with denominator .
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Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
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Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 4.2.3.23
Move to the left of .
Step 4.2.3.24
Simplify the numerator.
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Apply the distributive property.
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Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Multiply by .
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Raise to the power of .
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Use the power rule to combine exponents.
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Add and .
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Move to the left of .
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Rewrite in a factored form.
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Step 4.2.3.24.4.1
Factor using the rational roots test.
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Step 4.2.3.24.4.1.1
If a polynomial function has integer coefficients, then every rational zero will have the form where is a factor of the constant and is a factor of the leading coefficient.
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Find every combination of . These are the possible roots of the polynomial function.
Step 4.2.3.24.4.1.3
Substitute and simplify the expression. In this case, the expression is equal to so is a root of the polynomial.
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Step 4.2.3.24.4.1.3.1
Substitute into the polynomial.
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Raise to the power of .
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Raise to the power of .
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Multiply by .
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Subtract from .
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Multiply by .
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Add and .
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Subtract from .
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Since is a known root, divide the polynomial by to find the quotient polynomial. This polynomial can then be used to find the remaining roots.
Step 4.2.3.24.4.1.5
Divide by .
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Step 4.2.3.24.4.1.5.1
Set up the polynomials to be divided. If there is not a term for every exponent, insert one with a value of .
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Divide the highest order term in the dividend by the highest order term in divisor .
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Multiply the new quotient term by the divisor.
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The expression needs to be subtracted from the dividend, so change all the signs in
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After changing the signs, add the last dividend from the multiplied polynomial to find the new dividend.
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Pull the next terms from the original dividend down into the current dividend.
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Divide the highest order term in the dividend by the highest order term in divisor .
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Multiply the new quotient term by the divisor.
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The expression needs to be subtracted from the dividend, so change all the signs in
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After changing the signs, add the last dividend from the multiplied polynomial to find the new dividend.
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Pull the next terms from the original dividend down into the current dividend.
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Divide the highest order term in the dividend by the highest order term in divisor .
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Multiply the new quotient term by the divisor.
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The expression needs to be subtracted from the dividend, so change all the signs in
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After changing the signs, add the last dividend from the multiplied polynomial to find the new dividend.
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Since the remander is , the final answer is the quotient.
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Write as a set of factors.
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Factor using the perfect square rule.
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Rewrite as .
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Check that the middle term is two times the product of the numbers being squared in the first term and third term.
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Rewrite the polynomial.
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Factor using the perfect square trinomial rule , where and .
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Combine like factors.
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Raise to the power of .
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Use the power rule to combine exponents.
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Add and .
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Combine and .
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Reduce the expression by cancelling the common factors.
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Reduce the expression by cancelling the common factors.
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Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
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Cancel the common factor.
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Rewrite the expression.
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Divide by .
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Rewrite as .
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Pull terms out from under the radical, assuming real numbers.
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Apply the distributive property.
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Multiply by .
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Add and .
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Add and .
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Cancel the common factor of .
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Cancel the common factor.
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Divide by .
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Evaluate .
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Set up the composite result function.
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Evaluate by substituting in the value of into .
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Simplify each term.
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Use the Binomial Theorem.
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Simplify each term.
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Apply the product rule to .
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Raise to the power of .
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Simplify .
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Use the Binomial Theorem.
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Simplify each term.
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Rewrite as .
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Use to rewrite as .
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Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
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Combine and .
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Cancel the common factor of .
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Cancel the common factor.
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Rewrite the expression.
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Simplify.
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Apply the distributive property.
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Multiply by .
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Rewrite as .
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Apply the product rule to .
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Raise to the power of .
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Multiply by .
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Raise to the power of .
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Multiply by .
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Raise to the power of .
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Add and .
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Cancel the common factor of and .
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Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
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Cancel the common factors.
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Factor out of .
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Cancel the common factor.
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Rewrite the expression.
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Apply the product rule to .
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Raise to the power of .
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Combine and .
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Multiply .
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Combine and .
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Multiply by .
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Move the negative in front of the fraction.
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Combine and .
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Raise to the power of .
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Multiply by .
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Raise to the power of .
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Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 4.3.3.4
Simplify the numerator.
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Rewrite as .
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Expand using the FOIL Method.
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Apply the distributive property.
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Apply the distributive property.
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Apply the distributive property.
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Simplify and combine like terms.
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Simplify each term.
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Multiply .
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Raise to the power of .
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Raise to the power of .
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Use the power rule to combine exponents.
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Add and .
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Rewrite as .
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Apply the product rule to .
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Raise to the power of .
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Move to the left of .
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Multiply by .
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Add and .
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Apply the distributive property.
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Simplify.
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Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
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Subtract from .
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Subtract from .
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Add and .
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Subtract from .
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To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
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Write each expression with a common denominator of , by multiplying each by an appropriate factor of .
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Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
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Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
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Simplify the numerator.
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Apply the distributive property.
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Multiply by .
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Apply the distributive property.
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Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
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Add and .
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Add and .
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Add and .
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To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
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Combine and .
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Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
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Simplify the numerator.
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Multiply by .
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Subtract from .
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Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
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Cancel the common factor of .
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Cancel the common factor.
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Rewrite the expression.
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Cancel the common factor of .
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Cancel the common factor.
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Rewrite the expression.
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Combine the opposite terms in .
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Add and .
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Add and .
Step 4.4
Since and , then is the inverse of .