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1. [latex]{f}^{-1}\left(f\left(x\right)\right)={f}^{-1}\left(\frac{x+5}{3}\right)=3\left(\frac{x+5}{3}\right)-5=\left(x - 5\right)+5=x\\[/latex] and [latex]f\left({f}^{-1}\left(x\right)\right)=f\left(3x - 5\right)=\frac{\left(3x - 5\right)+5}{3}=\frac{3x}{3}=x\\[/latex] 2. [latex]{f}^{-1}\left(x\right)={x}^{3}-4\\[/latex] 3. [latex]{f}^{-1}\left(x\right)=\sqrt{x - 1}\\[/latex] 4. [latex]{f}^{-1}\left(x\right)=\frac{{x}^{2}-3}{2},x\ge 0\\[/latex] 5. [latex]{f}^{-1}\left(x\right)=\frac{2x+3}{x - 1}\\[/latex]

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1. It can be too difficult or impossible to solve for x in terms of y. 3. We will need a restriction on the domain of the answer. 5. [latex]{f}^{-1}\left(x\right)=\sqrt{x}+4\\[/latex] 7. [latex]{f}^{-1}\left(x\right)=\sqrt{x+3}-1\\[/latex] 9. [latex]{f}^{-1}\left(x\right)=-\sqrt{\frac{x - 5}{3}}\\[/latex] 11. [latex]f\left(x\right)=\sqrt{9-x}\\[/latex] 13. [latex]{f}^{-1}\left(x\right)=\sqrt[3]{x - 5}\\[/latex] 15. [latex]{f}^{-1}\left(x\right)=\sqrt[3]{4-x}\\[/latex] 17. [latex]{f}^{-1}\left(x\right)=\frac{{x}^{2}-1}{2},\left[0,\infty \right)\\[/latex] 19. [latex]{f}^{-1}\left(x\right)=\frac{{\left(x - 9\right)}^{2}+4}{4},\left[9,\infty \right)\\[/latex] 21. [latex]{f}^{-1}\left(x\right)={\left(\frac{x - 9}{2}\right)}^{3}\\[/latex] 23. [latex]{f}^{-1}\left(x\right)={\frac{2 - 8x}{x}}\\[/latex] 25. [latex]{f}^{-1}\left(x\right)=\frac{7x - 3}{1-x}\\[/latex] 27. [latex]{f}^{-1}\left(x\right)=\frac{5x - 4}{4x+3}\\[/latex] 29. [latex]{f}^{-1}\left(x\right)=\sqrt{x+1}-1\\[/latex] 31. [latex]{f}^{-1}\left(x\right)=\sqrt{x+6}+3\\[/latex] 33. [latex]{f}^{-1}\left(x\right)=\sqrt{4-x}\\[/latex] Graph of f(x)=4- x^2 and its inverse, f^(-1)(x)= sqrt(4-x). 35. [latex]{f}^{-1}\left(x\right)=\sqrt{x}+4\\[/latex] Graph of f(x)= (x-4)^2 and its inverse, f^(-1)(x)= sqrt(x)+4. 37. [latex]{f}^{-1}\left(x\right)=\sqrt[3]{1-x}\\[/latex] Graph of f(x)= 1-x^3 and its inverse, f^(-1)(x)= (1-x)^(1/3). 39. [latex]{f}^{-1}\left(x\right)=\sqrt{x+8}+3\\[/latex] Graph of f(x)= x^2-6x+1 and its inverse, f^(-1)(x)= sqrt(x+8)+3. 41. [latex]{f}^{-1}\left(x\right)=\sqrt{\frac{1}{x}}\\[/latex] Graph of f(x)= 1/x^2 and its inverse, f^(-1)(x)= sqrt(1/x). 43. [latex]\left[-2,1\right)\cup \left[3,\infty \right)\\[/latex] Graph of f(x)= sqrt((x+2)(x-3)/(x-1)). 45. [latex]\left[-4,2\right)\cup \left[5,\infty \right)\\[/latex] Graph of f(x)= sqrt((x^2-x-20)/(x-2)). 47. [latex]\left(-2, 0\right); \left(4, 2\right); \left(22, 3\right)\\[/latex] Graph of f(x)= x^3-x-2. 49. [latex]\left(-4, 0\right); \left(0, 1\right); \left(10, 2\right)\\[/latex] Graph of f(x)= x^3+3x-4. 51. [latex]\left(-3, -1\right); \left(1, 0\right); \left(7, 1\right)\\[/latex] Graph of f(x)= x^4+5x+1. 53. [latex]{f}^{-1}\left(x\right)=\sqrt{x+\frac{{b}^{2}}{4}}-\frac{b}{2}\\[/latex] 55. [latex]{f}^{-1}\left(x\right)=\frac{{x}^{3}-b}{a}\\[/latex] 57. [latex]t\left(h\right)=\sqrt{\frac{200-h}{4.9}}\\[/latex], 5.53 seconds 59. [latex]r\left(V\right)=\sqrt[3]{\frac{3V}{4\pi }}\\[/latex], 3.63 feet 61. [latex]n\left(C\right)=\frac{100C - 25}{.6-C}\\[/latex], 250 mL 63. [latex]r\left(V\right)=\sqrt{\frac{V}{6\pi }}\\[/latex], 3.99 meters 65. [latex]r\left(V\right)=\sqrt{\frac{V}{4\pi }}\\[/latex], 1.99 inches

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