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Step 1
Write as an equation.
Step 2
Interchange the variables.
Step 3
Step 3.1
Rewrite the equation as .
Step 3.2
Divide each term in by and simplify.
Step 3.2.1
Divide each term in by .
Step 3.2.2
Simplify the left side.
Step 3.2.2.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 3.2.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 3.2.2.1.2
Divide by .
Step 3.3
Solve for .
Step 3.3.1
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 3.3.2
Multiply both sides of the equation by .
Step 3.3.3
Simplify both sides of the equation.
Step 3.3.3.1
Simplify the left side.
Step 3.3.3.1.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 3.3.3.1.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 3.3.3.1.1.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 3.3.3.2
Simplify the right side.
Step 3.3.3.2.1
Simplify .
Step 3.3.3.2.1.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 3.3.3.2.1.2
Combine and .
Step 3.3.3.2.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 3.4
To remove the radical on the left side of the equation, raise both sides of the equation to the power of .
Step 3.5
Simplify each side of the equation.
Step 3.5.1
Use to rewrite as .
Step 3.5.2
Simplify the left side.
Step 3.5.2.1
Simplify .
Step 3.5.2.1.1
Multiply the exponents in .
Step 3.5.2.1.1.1
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 3.5.2.1.1.2
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 3.5.2.1.1.2.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 3.5.2.1.1.2.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 3.5.2.1.2
Simplify.
Step 3.5.3
Simplify the right side.
Step 3.5.3.1
Simplify .
Step 3.5.3.1.1
Use the Binomial Theorem.
Step 3.5.3.1.2
Simplify each term.
Step 3.5.3.1.2.1
Use the power rule to distribute the exponent.
Step 3.5.3.1.2.1.1
Apply the product rule to .
Step 3.5.3.1.2.1.2
Apply the product rule to .
Step 3.5.3.1.2.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.5.3.1.2.3
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.5.3.1.2.4
Use the power rule to distribute the exponent.
Step 3.5.3.1.2.4.1
Apply the product rule to .
Step 3.5.3.1.2.4.2
Apply the product rule to .
Step 3.5.3.1.2.5
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 3.5.3.1.2.5.1
Factor out of .
Step 3.5.3.1.2.5.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 3.5.3.1.2.5.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 3.5.3.1.2.6
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.5.3.1.2.7
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.5.3.1.2.8
Multiply .
Step 3.5.3.1.2.8.1
Combine and .
Step 3.5.3.1.2.8.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.5.3.1.2.9
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 3.5.3.1.2.10
Use the power rule to distribute the exponent.
Step 3.5.3.1.2.10.1
Apply the product rule to .
Step 3.5.3.1.2.10.2
Apply the product rule to .
Step 3.5.3.1.2.11
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.5.3.1.2.12
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.5.3.1.2.13
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 3.5.3.1.2.13.1
Factor out of .
Step 3.5.3.1.2.13.2
Factor out of .
Step 3.5.3.1.2.13.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 3.5.3.1.2.13.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 3.5.3.1.2.14
Combine and .
Step 3.5.3.1.2.15
Multiply by .
Step 3.5.3.1.2.16
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.5.3.1.2.17
Multiply .
Step 3.5.3.1.2.17.1
Combine and .
Step 3.5.3.1.2.17.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.5.3.1.2.18
Use the power rule to distribute the exponent.
Step 3.5.3.1.2.18.1
Apply the product rule to .
Step 3.5.3.1.2.18.2
Apply the product rule to .
Step 3.5.3.1.2.19
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.5.3.1.2.20
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.5.3.1.2.21
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 3.5.3.1.2.21.1
Factor out of .
Step 3.5.3.1.2.21.2
Factor out of .
Step 3.5.3.1.2.21.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 3.5.3.1.2.21.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 3.5.3.1.2.22
Combine and .
Step 3.5.3.1.2.23
Multiply by .
Step 3.5.3.1.2.24
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.5.3.1.2.25
Multiply .
Step 3.5.3.1.2.25.1
Combine and .
Step 3.5.3.1.2.25.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.5.3.1.2.26
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 3.5.3.1.2.27
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 3.5.3.1.2.27.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 3.5.3.1.2.27.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 3.5.3.1.2.28
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.5.3.1.2.29
Multiply by .
Step 3.5.3.1.2.30
Raise to the power of .
Step 4
Replace with to show the final answer.
Step 5
Step 5.1
To verify the inverse, check if and .
Step 5.2
Evaluate .
Step 5.2.1
Set up the composite result function.
Step 5.2.2
Evaluate by substituting in the value of into .
Step 5.2.3
Simplify each term.
Step 5.2.3.1
Simplify the numerator.
Step 5.2.3.1.1
Apply the product rule to .
Step 5.2.3.1.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 5.2.3.1.3
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 5.2.3.1.4
Combine and .
Step 5.2.3.1.5
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 5.2.3.1.6
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.3.1.7
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.3.1.8
Apply the product rule to .
Step 5.2.3.1.9
Raise to the power of .
Step 5.2.3.2
Combine and .
Step 5.2.3.3
Reduce the expression by cancelling the common factors.
Step 5.2.3.3.1
Reduce the expression by cancelling the common factors.
Step 5.2.3.3.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.2.3.3.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 5.2.3.3.1.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.2.3.3.1.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.2.3.3.2
Divide by .
Step 5.2.3.4
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.2.3.4.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.2.3.4.2
Divide by .
Step 5.2.3.5
Use the Binomial Theorem.
Step 5.2.3.6
Simplify each term.
Step 5.2.3.6.1
Rewrite as .
Step 5.2.3.6.1.1
Use to rewrite as .
Step 5.2.3.6.1.2
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 5.2.3.6.1.3
Combine and .
Step 5.2.3.6.1.4
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.2.3.6.1.4.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.2.3.6.1.4.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.2.3.6.1.5
Simplify.
Step 5.2.3.6.2
Rewrite as .
Step 5.2.3.6.3
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.3.6.4
Rewrite as .
Step 5.2.3.6.5
Raise to the power of .
Step 5.2.3.6.6
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.3.6.7
Rewrite as .
Step 5.2.3.6.8
Raise to the power of .
Step 5.2.3.6.9
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.3.6.10
Raise to the power of .
Step 5.2.3.6.11
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.3.6.12
Raise to the power of .
Step 5.2.3.7
Simplify the numerator.
Step 5.2.3.7.1
Apply the product rule to .
Step 5.2.3.7.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 5.2.3.7.3
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 5.2.3.7.4
Combine and .
Step 5.2.3.7.5
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 5.2.3.7.6
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.3.7.7
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.3.7.8
Apply the product rule to .
Step 5.2.3.7.9
Raise to the power of .
Step 5.2.3.8
Combine and .
Step 5.2.3.9
Reduce the expression by cancelling the common factors.
Step 5.2.3.9.1
Reduce the expression by cancelling the common factors.
Step 5.2.3.9.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.2.3.9.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 5.2.3.9.1.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.2.3.9.1.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.2.3.9.2
Divide by .
Step 5.2.3.10
Cancel the common factor of and .
Step 5.2.3.10.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.2.3.10.2
Cancel the common factors.
Step 5.2.3.10.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.2.3.10.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.2.3.10.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.2.3.10.2.4
Divide by .
Step 5.2.3.11
Use the Binomial Theorem.
Step 5.2.3.12
Simplify each term.
Step 5.2.3.12.1
Rewrite as .
Step 5.2.3.12.2
Rewrite as .
Step 5.2.3.12.3
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.3.12.4
Rewrite as .
Step 5.2.3.12.5
Raise to the power of .
Step 5.2.3.12.6
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.3.12.7
Raise to the power of .
Step 5.2.3.12.8
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.3.12.9
Raise to the power of .
Step 5.2.3.13
Apply the distributive property.
Step 5.2.3.14
Simplify.
Step 5.2.3.14.1
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.3.14.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.3.14.3
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.3.14.4
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.3.15
Apply the distributive property.
Step 5.2.3.16
Simplify.
Step 5.2.3.16.1
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.3.16.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.3.16.3
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.3.16.4
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.3.16.5
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.3.17
Simplify the numerator.
Step 5.2.3.17.1
Apply the product rule to .
Step 5.2.3.17.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 5.2.3.17.3
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 5.2.3.17.4
Combine and .
Step 5.2.3.17.5
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 5.2.3.17.6
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.3.17.7
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.3.17.8
Apply the product rule to .
Step 5.2.3.17.9
Raise to the power of .
Step 5.2.3.18
Combine and .
Step 5.2.3.19
Reduce the expression by cancelling the common factors.
Step 5.2.3.19.1
Reduce the expression by cancelling the common factors.
Step 5.2.3.19.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.2.3.19.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 5.2.3.19.1.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.2.3.19.1.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.2.3.19.2
Divide by .
Step 5.2.3.20
Cancel the common factor of and .
Step 5.2.3.20.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.2.3.20.2
Cancel the common factors.
Step 5.2.3.20.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.2.3.20.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.2.3.20.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.2.3.20.2.4
Divide by .
Step 5.2.3.21
Use the Binomial Theorem.
Step 5.2.3.22
Simplify each term.
Step 5.2.3.22.1
Rewrite as .
Step 5.2.3.22.2
Rewrite as .
Step 5.2.3.22.3
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.3.22.4
Raise to the power of .
Step 5.2.3.22.5
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.3.22.6
Raise to the power of .
Step 5.2.3.23
Apply the distributive property.
Step 5.2.3.24
Simplify.
Step 5.2.3.24.1
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.3.24.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.3.24.3
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.3.25
Simplify the numerator.
Step 5.2.3.25.1
Apply the product rule to .
Step 5.2.3.25.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 5.2.3.25.3
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 5.2.3.25.4
Combine and .
Step 5.2.3.25.5
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 5.2.3.25.6
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.3.25.7
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.3.25.8
Apply the product rule to .
Step 5.2.3.25.9
Raise to the power of .
Step 5.2.3.26
Combine and .
Step 5.2.3.27
Reduce the expression by cancelling the common factors.
Step 5.2.3.27.1
Reduce the expression by cancelling the common factors.
Step 5.2.3.27.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.2.3.27.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 5.2.3.27.1.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.2.3.27.1.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.2.3.27.2
Divide by .
Step 5.2.3.28
Cancel the common factor of and .
Step 5.2.3.28.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.2.3.28.2
Cancel the common factors.
Step 5.2.3.28.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.2.3.28.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.2.3.28.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.2.3.28.2.4
Divide by .
Step 5.2.3.29
Rewrite as .
Step 5.2.3.30
Expand using the FOIL Method.
Step 5.2.3.30.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 5.2.3.30.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 5.2.3.30.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 5.2.3.31
Simplify and combine like terms.
Step 5.2.3.31.1
Simplify each term.
Step 5.2.3.31.1.1
Multiply .
Step 5.2.3.31.1.1.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 5.2.3.31.1.1.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 5.2.3.31.1.1.3
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 5.2.3.31.1.1.4
Add and .
Step 5.2.3.31.1.2
Rewrite as .
Step 5.2.3.31.1.3
Move to the left of .
Step 5.2.3.31.1.4
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.3.31.2
Add and .
Step 5.2.3.32
Apply the distributive property.
Step 5.2.3.33
Simplify.
Step 5.2.3.33.1
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.3.33.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.3.34
Apply the distributive property.
Step 5.2.3.35
Simplify.
Step 5.2.3.35.1
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.3.35.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.3.35.3
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.3.36
Apply the distributive property.
Step 5.2.3.37
Combine and .
Step 5.2.3.38
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.3.39
Apply the distributive property.
Step 5.2.3.40
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.2.3.40.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.2.3.40.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.2.3.40.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.2.3.41
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.3.42
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.4
Simplify by adding terms.
Step 5.2.4.1
Combine the opposite terms in .
Step 5.2.4.1.1
Subtract from .
Step 5.2.4.1.2
Add and .
Step 5.2.4.1.3
Add and .
Step 5.2.4.1.4
Add and .
Step 5.2.4.1.5
Subtract from .
Step 5.2.4.1.6
Add and .
Step 5.2.4.1.7
Subtract from .
Step 5.2.4.1.8
Add and .
Step 5.2.4.1.9
Add and .
Step 5.2.4.1.10
Add and .
Step 5.2.4.1.11
Subtract from .
Step 5.2.4.1.12
Add and .
Step 5.2.4.2
Subtract from .
Step 5.2.4.3
Combine the opposite terms in .
Step 5.2.4.3.1
Add and .
Step 5.2.4.3.2
Add and .
Step 5.2.4.4
Subtract from .
Step 5.2.4.5
Add and .
Step 5.2.4.6
Subtract from .
Step 5.2.4.7
Combine the opposite terms in .
Step 5.2.4.7.1
Add and .
Step 5.2.4.7.2
Add and .
Step 5.3
Evaluate .
Step 5.3.1
Set up the composite result function.
Step 5.3.2
Evaluate by substituting in the value of into .
Step 5.3.3
Simplify each term.
Step 5.3.3.1
Simplify the numerator.
Step 5.3.3.1.1
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 5.3.3.1.2
Write each expression with a common denominator of , by multiplying each by an appropriate factor of .
Step 5.3.3.1.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 5.3.3.1.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.3.3.1.3
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 5.3.3.1.4
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 5.3.3.1.5
Write each expression with a common denominator of , by multiplying each by an appropriate factor of .
Step 5.3.3.1.5.1
Multiply by .
Step 5.3.3.1.5.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.3.3.1.6
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 5.3.3.1.7
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 5.3.3.1.8
Write each expression with a common denominator of , by multiplying each by an appropriate factor of .
Step 5.3.3.1.8.1
Multiply by .
Step 5.3.3.1.8.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.3.3.1.9
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 5.3.3.1.10
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 5.3.3.1.11
Combine and .
Step 5.3.3.1.12
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 5.3.3.1.13
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 5.3.3.1.14
Combine and .
Step 5.3.3.1.15
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 5.3.3.1.16
Rewrite in a factored form.
Step 5.3.3.1.16.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.3.3.1.16.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.3.3.1.16.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 5.3.3.1.16.1.3
Factor out of .
Step 5.3.3.1.16.1.4
Factor out of .
Step 5.3.3.1.16.1.5
Factor out of .
Step 5.3.3.1.16.1.6
Factor out of .
Step 5.3.3.1.16.1.7
Factor out of .
Step 5.3.3.1.16.1.8
Factor out of .
Step 5.3.3.1.16.1.9
Factor out of .
Step 5.3.3.1.16.1.10
Factor out of .
Step 5.3.3.1.16.1.11
Factor out of .
Step 5.3.3.1.16.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.3.3.1.16.3
Multiply by .
Step 5.3.3.1.16.4
Multiply by .
Step 5.3.3.1.16.5
Multiply by .
Step 5.3.3.1.16.6
Multiply by .
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Rewrite in a factored form.
Step 5.3.3.1.16.7.1
Make each term match the terms from the binomial theorem formula.
Step 5.3.3.1.16.7.2
Factor using the binomial theorem.
Step 5.3.3.1.17
Rewrite as .
Step 5.3.3.1.18
Rewrite as .
Step 5.3.3.1.19
Rewrite as .
Step 5.3.3.1.20
Pull terms out from under the radical, assuming real numbers.
Step 5.3.3.2
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 5.3.3.3
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.3.3.3.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.3.3.3.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.3.4
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 5.3.5
Simplify terms.
Step 5.3.5.1
Combine and .
Step 5.3.5.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 5.3.6
Simplify the numerator.
Step 5.3.6.1
Multiply by .
Step 5.3.6.2
Add and .
Step 5.3.6.3
Add and .
Step 5.3.7
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.3.7.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.3.7.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.4
Since and , then is the inverse of .