We will illustrate on how to find the inverse function.
First, recall that the inverse function is a function that given the output of a function, it will give you back the input out of which that output came from.
when athe function has a formula, we can follow some steps to find the inverse function. Suppose we are given the function
![f(x)=3x+5](https://img.qammunity.org/2023/formulas/mathematics/college/1zt1l6p8nhhbhisqirvn32tz3tqorw4l7v.png)
Now, we first change f(x) with the letter y. So we get
![y=3x+5](https://img.qammunity.org/2023/formulas/mathematics/college/5y6sk3l6g3ntq2crp9tmaj8cgq28nb26h0.png)
now, we interchange variables x and y. So we get
![x=3y+5](https://img.qammunity.org/2023/formulas/mathematics/college/cyq94q5a57x0d6lky93livbini2nc4tfq6.png)
Finally we solve this equation for y. We will first subtract 5 on both sides and then divide both sides by 3. So we get
![y=\frac{x\text{ -5}}{3}](https://img.qammunity.org/2023/formulas/mathematics/college/opuej0xzaqo5zt00ld5rgy6u456itx41i5.png)
and now we replace the y with the symbol of the inverse function. So we have that
![f^{\text{ -1}}(x)=\frac{x\text{ -5}}{3}](https://img.qammunity.org/2023/formulas/mathematics/college/srwrenrm6rtnha5z863i0gm3fwdj1q5kcw.png)