Algebra Examples

$F (x) = 2 x$

Write $F (x) = 2 x$ as an equation.

$y = 2 x$

Interchange the variables.

$x = 2 y$

Solve for $y$ .

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Rewrite the equation as $2 y = x$ .

$2 y = x$

Divide each term in $2 y = x$ by $2$ and simplify.

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Divide each term in $2 y = x$ by $2$ .

$\frac{2 y}{2} = \frac{x}{2}$

Simplify the left side.

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Cancel the common factor of $2$ .

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Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{2 y}{2} = \frac{x}{2}$

Divide $y$ by $1$ .

$y = \frac{x}{2}$

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

$F^{- 1} (x) = \frac{x}{2}$

Verify if $F^{- 1} (x) = \frac{x}{2}$ is the inverse of $F (x) = 2 x$ .

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

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

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Set up the composite result function.

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

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

$F^{- 1} (2 x) = \frac{2 x}{2}$

Cancel the common factor of $2$ .

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Cancel the common factor.

$F^{- 1} (2 x) = \frac{2 x}{2}$

Divide $x$ by $1$ .

$F^{- 1} (2 x) = x$

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

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Set up the composite result function.

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

Evaluate $F (\frac{x}{2})$ by substituting in the value of $F^{- 1}$ into $F$ .

$F (\frac{x}{2}) = 2 (\frac{x}{2})$

Cancel the common factor of $2$ .

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Cancel the common factor.

$F (\frac{x}{2}) = 2 (\frac{x}{2})$

Rewrite the expression.

$F (\frac{x}{2}) = x$

Since $F^{- 1} (F (x)) = x$ and $F (F^{- 1} (x)) = x$ , then $F^{- 1} (x) = \frac{x}{2}$ is the inverse of $F (x) = 2 x$ .

$F^{- 1} (x) = \frac{x}{2}$