What does the - 1 superscript in f-1(x) mean?

Hardest math question of all time can you solve the equation. check for extraneous solutions.9∣9-8x∣ = 2x+3

Which of the binomials below is a factor of this exression? 16x^2+40xy+25y^2 a.4x-5y b. 2x-5y c.4x+5y d.2x+5y

Let u = {q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z} a = {q, s, u, w, y} b = {q, s, y, z} c = {v, w, x, y, z}. list the elements in the set.a ∩ (b ∪ c)a) {q, s, w, y}b) {q, y, z}c) {q, s, u, w, y, z}d) {q, r, w, y, z}