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Puzzle sheet

Inverse functions code puzzle

For each function, find the inverse function (A to Y) below.
x
1  y5 2  y 5 2x 1 5 3  y5 3
x 4  y5x27
3
4
5  y 5 2 2 x 6  y 5 25x 7  y 5 2x3 2 3 8  y5
x
x 18
9  y5 10  y 5 x 11  y5 x 11 12  y 5 4 1 3x
12
3 x3 2 2 10 2 x 1
13  y52 14  y5 15  y5 16  y5
x 11 2 3 x 21
1
17  y5 9 2x 18  y5 19  y 5 6x 20  y 5 x 1 10
2x
1 1
21  y5 3
2x 1 1 22  y 5 2x5 23  y5 24  y52 x16
2x 1 4 2
Answer code
4 x
A  y5 B  y 5 x3 C  y5 2x 1 2 D  y5
x 6
x3 2 1
E  y 5 x F  y 5 22x 2 12 G  y 5 x 1 7 H  y 5
2
x 24
I  y 510 2 3x J  y 5 3x K  y5 L  y522x
3
x 1 3
M  y52 N  y5 1 1 O  y5 2 1 P  y 5 9 2 x2
5 x x
x 1
Q  y5 5 R  y 5 12x 2 8 S  y5 T  y 5 x2 2 1
2 2x
x 25 1
U  y 522x 1 12 V  y5 W  y5 2 2 X  y 5 x 2 10
2 2x
x 13
Y  y5 3
2

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Puzzle
To decode a riddle and its answer, match each question number (from above) to the corresponding letter in
the answer code.

23 21 8 11 19 13 5 24 6 3 10 9 1 8 14 12 18

18 15 16 4 23 21 15 5 10 11 21 10 7 8 9 10

?
14 21 13 17 17 15 16 4 19 13 23 16 11 19 10 10 18

5 13 4 8 9 15 11 21 6 18

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Answers
1  J 2  V 3  B 4 G
5  L 6  M 7  Y 8 A
9 R 10 E 11 T 12 K
13 O 14 C 15 I 16 N
17 P 18 S 19 D 20 X
21 H 22 Q 23 W 24 U
Puzzle
What do lumberjacks sing while they are chopping down trees? Logarithms

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