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Finite Math Examples
Step 1
Write as an equation.
Step 2
Interchange the variables.
Step 3
Step 3.1
Rewrite the equation as .
Step 3.2
Multiply both sides by .
Step 3.3
Simplify.
Step 3.3.1
Simplify the left side.
Step 3.3.1.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 3.3.1.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 3.3.1.1.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 3.3.2
Simplify the right side.
Step 3.3.2.1
Simplify .
Step 3.3.2.1.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 3.3.2.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.4
Solve for .
Step 3.4.1
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 3.4.2
Factor out of .
Step 3.4.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 3.4.2.2
Factor out of .
Step 3.4.2.3
Factor out of .
Step 3.4.3
Divide each term in by and simplify.
Step 3.4.3.1
Divide each term in by .
Step 3.4.3.2
Simplify the left side.
Step 3.4.3.2.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 3.4.3.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 3.4.3.2.1.2
Divide by .
Step 3.4.4
Take the natural logarithm of both sides of the equation to remove the variable from the exponent.
Step 3.4.5
Expand the left side.
Step 3.4.5.1
Expand by moving outside the logarithm.
Step 3.4.5.2
The natural logarithm of is .
Step 3.4.5.3
Multiply by .
Step 3.4.6
Divide each term in by and simplify.
Step 3.4.6.1
Divide each term in by .
Step 3.4.6.2
Simplify the left side.
Step 3.4.6.2.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 3.4.6.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 3.4.6.2.1.2
Divide by .
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 by moving inside the logarithm.
Step 5.2.4
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 5.2.5
Simplify the denominator.
Step 5.2.5.1
Rewrite as .
Step 5.2.5.2
Rewrite as .
Step 5.2.5.3
Since both terms are perfect cubes, factor using the sum of cubes formula, where and .
Step 5.2.5.4
Simplify.
Step 5.2.5.4.1
Multiply the exponents in .
Step 5.2.5.4.1.1
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 5.2.5.4.1.2
Move to the left of .
Step 5.2.5.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.5.4.3
One to any power is one.
Step 5.2.5.4.4
Reorder terms.
Step 5.2.6
Simplify the denominator.
Step 5.2.6.1
Rewrite as .
Step 5.2.6.2
Rewrite as .
Step 5.2.6.3
Since both terms are perfect cubes, factor using the sum of cubes formula, where and .
Step 5.2.6.4
Simplify.
Step 5.2.6.4.1
Multiply the exponents in .
Step 5.2.6.4.1.1
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 5.2.6.4.1.2
Move to the left of .
Step 5.2.6.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.6.4.3
One to any power is one.
Step 5.2.6.4.4
Reorder terms.
Step 5.2.7
Simplify the denominator.
Step 5.2.7.1
Write as a fraction with a common denominator.
Step 5.2.7.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 5.2.7.3
Simplify the numerator.
Step 5.2.7.3.1
Expand by multiplying each term in the first expression by each term in the second expression.
Step 5.2.7.3.2
Simplify each term.
Step 5.2.7.3.2.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 5.2.7.3.2.1.1
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 5.2.7.3.2.1.2
Add and .
Step 5.2.7.3.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.7.3.2.3
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 5.2.7.3.2.4
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 5.2.7.3.2.4.1
Move .
Step 5.2.7.3.2.4.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 5.2.7.3.2.4.3
Add and .
Step 5.2.7.3.2.5
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.7.3.2.6
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.7.3.2.7
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.7.3.3
Combine the opposite terms in .
Step 5.2.7.3.3.1
Add and .
Step 5.2.7.3.3.2
Add and .
Step 5.2.7.3.3.3
Subtract from .
Step 5.2.7.3.3.4
Add and .
Step 5.2.7.3.4
Subtract from .
Step 5.2.7.3.5
Add and .
Step 5.2.8
Combine fractions.
Step 5.2.8.1
Combine.
Step 5.2.8.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.9
Factor out of .
Step 5.2.10
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.2.10.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.2.10.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.2.11
Multiply the exponents in .
Step 5.2.11.1
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 5.2.11.2
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.2.11.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.2.11.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.2.11.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.2.12
Use logarithm rules to move out of the exponent.
Step 5.2.13
The natural logarithm of is .
Step 5.2.14
Multiply by .
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
Remove parentheses.
Step 5.3.4
Simplify the numerator.
Step 5.3.4.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.3.4.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.3.4.1.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.3.4.2
Exponentiation and log are inverse functions.
Step 5.3.5
Simplify the denominator.
Step 5.3.5.1
Rewrite as .
Step 5.3.5.2
Rewrite as .
Step 5.3.5.3
Since both terms are perfect cubes, factor using the sum of cubes formula, where and .
Step 5.3.5.4
Simplify.
Step 5.3.5.4.1
Rewrite as .
Step 5.3.5.4.2
Simplify by moving inside the logarithm.
Step 5.3.5.4.3
Exponentiation and log are inverse functions.
Step 5.3.5.4.4
Apply the product rule to .
Step 5.3.5.4.5
Rewrite as .
Step 5.3.5.4.6
Simplify by moving inside the logarithm.
Step 5.3.5.4.7
Exponentiation and log are inverse functions.
Step 5.3.5.4.8
Multiply the exponents in .
Step 5.3.5.4.8.1
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 5.3.5.4.8.2
Combine and .
Step 5.3.5.4.9
Apply the product rule to .
Step 5.3.5.4.10
Rewrite as .
Step 5.3.5.4.11
Simplify by moving inside the logarithm.
Step 5.3.5.4.12
Exponentiation and log are inverse functions.
Step 5.3.5.4.13
Apply the product rule to .
Step 5.3.5.4.14
Multiply by .
Step 5.3.5.4.15
One to any power is one.
Step 5.3.5.4.16
Reorder terms.
Step 5.3.5.5
Write as a fraction with a common denominator.
Step 5.3.5.6
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 5.3.5.7
Write as a fraction with a common denominator.
Step 5.3.5.8
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 5.3.5.9
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 5.3.5.10
Write each expression with a common denominator of , by multiplying each by an appropriate factor of .
Step 5.3.5.10.1
Multiply by .
Step 5.3.5.10.2
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 5.3.5.10.2.1
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 5.3.5.10.2.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 5.3.5.10.2.3
Add and .
Step 5.3.5.11
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 5.3.5.12
Reorder terms.
Step 5.3.6
Multiply by .
Step 5.3.7
Simplify the denominator.
Step 5.3.7.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 5.3.7.1.1
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 5.3.7.1.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 5.3.7.1.3
Add and .
Step 5.3.7.1.4
Divide by .
Step 5.3.7.2
Simplify .
Step 5.3.8
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 5.3.9
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.3.9.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.3.9.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.3.10
Combine and .
Step 5.3.11
Factor out of .
Step 5.3.12
Factor out of .
Step 5.3.13
Factor out of .
Step 5.3.14
Factor out of .
Step 5.3.15
Factor out of .
Step 5.3.16
Rewrite negatives.
Step 5.3.16.1
Rewrite as .
Step 5.3.16.2
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 5.4
Since and , then is the inverse of .