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f(x) = 3 - 2x which we will call y for ease of notation. So y = f(x)
y = 3 - 2x;
2x = 3 - y;
x = (3 - y)/2.
Now x = f^-1(y) = (3 - y)/2
So f^-1(x) = (3 - x)/2
Therefore f^-1(0) = (3 - 0)/2 = 1.5 and we can see f(1.5) = 3 - 3 = 0 which returns the original value given.
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2sin^2(x) - 3sin(x) - 2 = 0
This is a quadratic equation which can be factorised as follows:
(2sin(x) + 1)(sin(x) - 2) = 0
We have two possible solutions:
2sin(x) + 1 = 0 and sin(x) - 2 = 0; giving 2sin(x) = -1 and sin(x) = 2.
Sin(x) = 2 has no solution, so we are left with sin(x) = -0.5 which we have to solve for 0 <= x <= 2pi
You should be able to see that for sines of 0.5 we have 30 and 150 degrees but because they are negative they are in the 180 to 360 degrees zone. 30 degrees is pi/6, so we have solutions pi + pi/6 and 2pi - pi/6 which are 7pi/6 and 11pi/6
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