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The answer is: " 14 " .
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Step-by-step explanation:
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If f(x) = (x - 5) / 3 ;
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To get f⁻¹(x) ;

Take: " f(x) = (x - 5) / 3 ;

Substitute "y" in lieu of the notation, " f(x)" ;

and write as: "y = (x - 5) / 3 " ;

Then, replace "x" with "y"; and "y" with x" ;
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"x = (y -5) / 3 " ;
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Now, rewrite, solving for "y" in terms of "x" ;
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y - 5 = 3x ;

Add "5" to each side of the equation; to isolate "y" on one side of the equation, and to solve for "y" in terms of "x" ; y - 5 + 5 = 3x + 5 ;
y = 3x + 5 ;
Now, substitute: "f⁻¹(x)" for "y" ; and rewrite:

f⁻¹(x) = 3x + 5 .
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The question asks: " Solve f⁻¹(3) ".

We have: " f⁻¹(x) = 3x + 5 " ; so; to find, " f⁻¹(3)" ; we plug in "3" for the values of "x" in the expression and solve;

f⁻¹(3) = 3(3) + 5 = 9 + 5 = 14.
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The answer is: " 14 " .
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