Find the inverse function f(x)=x^2-3.
Replace f(x) with y.
y = x²-3
Swap the variables.
x = y²-3
Solve for y.
Rewrite the equation as y² - 3x = x.
Add 3 to both sides of the equation.
y² = x - 3
Take the square root on both sides of the equation to eliminate the exponent on the left side.
![\bf{y=\pm√(x+3) }](https://img.qammunity.org/2021/formulas/mathematics/high-school/s5a4tnsuomuuc82xeljh8usxiapgfrthm5.png)
The complete solution is the result of the positive or negative portions of the solution.
First, use the positive value of ± to find the first solution.
![\bf{y=√(x+3) }](https://img.qammunity.org/2021/formulas/mathematics/high-school/ddq8y28vmcjccqd27jnmsja73rznn8ff26.png)
Then use the negative value of ± to find the second solution.
![\bf{y=-√(x+3) }](https://img.qammunity.org/2021/formulas/mathematics/high-school/2lrnpsyn4e2ze1h6961zuwewbfv027yspt.png)
The complete solution is the result of the positive or negative portions of the solution.
![\bf{y=√(x+3) }](https://img.qammunity.org/2021/formulas/mathematics/high-school/ddq8y28vmcjccqd27jnmsja73rznn8ff26.png)
![\bf{y=-√(x+3) }](https://img.qammunity.org/2021/formulas/mathematics/high-school/2lrnpsyn4e2ze1h6961zuwewbfv027yspt.png)
Solve for y and substitute with
.
substitute f⁻¹( x ) for y to show the final answer.
![\boldsymbol{f^(-1)(x)=√(x+3),-√(x+3) }](https://img.qammunity.org/2021/formulas/mathematics/high-school/von2lbhoxee2kttcwztylfyfce6ljb3uf7.png)
Set the composite results function.
![\boldsymbol{g(f(x)) }](https://img.qammunity.org/2021/formulas/mathematics/high-school/6sihvr4u42to4fbnwypg3lyey721rdl3ss.png)
Evaluate g(f(x)) by substituting the value of f into g.
![\boldsymbol{\sqrt{(x^(2) -3)+3 } }](https://img.qammunity.org/2021/formulas/mathematics/high-school/mb1v3ofdkaa7taur6vg36wt1sd556g38oq.png)
Add −3 and 3.
![\boldsymbol{g(x^(2) -3)=\sqrt{x^(2) +0} }](https://img.qammunity.org/2021/formulas/mathematics/high-school/4km1pt8vhmks1hc9h8shlgn47o2jml0cal.png)
Add x² and 0.
![\boldsymbol{g(x^(2) -3)=\sqrt{x^(2)} }](https://img.qammunity.org/2021/formulas/mathematics/high-school/5epvjz7ft2tknrelf0mtx2ccgg8w1lestz.png)
Extract terms from under the radical, assuming positive real numbers.
![\boldsymbol{g(x^(2) -3)=x }](https://img.qammunity.org/2021/formulas/mathematics/high-school/w4uc6x4yryeiawauv0debzpfjhil76ieau.png)
Given the
is the inverse of
![\bf{f(x)=x^(2) -3. }](https://img.qammunity.org/2021/formulas/mathematics/high-school/qksng6dn0k8ium3051988pngq3spfsazlk.png)
![\boldsymbol{f^(-1)(x)=√(x+3),-√(x+3). }](https://img.qammunity.org/2021/formulas/mathematics/high-school/9clo1ym1adbb4hzd0ihz8h6blf58en7ztk.png)