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\includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{e0e2a26b-d4d6-46ea-ac12-a882f3465e5e-3_588_915_954_614} The diagram shows part of each of the curves \(y = e ^ { \frac { 1 } { 5 } x }\) and \(y = \sqrt [ 3 ] { } ( 3 x + 8 )\). The curves meet, as shown in the diagram, at the point \(P\). The region \(R\), shaded in the diagram, is bounded by the two curves and by the \(y\)-axis.

1. Show by calculation that the \(x\)-coordinate of \(P\) lies between 5.2 and 5.3.
2. Show that the \(x\)-coordinate of \(P\) satisfies the equation \(x = \frac { 5 } { 3 } \ln ( 3 x + 8 )\).
3. Use an iterative formula, based on the equation in part (ii), to find the \(x\)-coordinate of \(P\) correct to 2 decimal places.
4. Use integration, and your answer to part (iii), to find an approximate value of the area of the region \(R\).
   \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{e0e2a26b-d4d6-46ea-ac12-a882f3465e5e-4_625_647_264_749} The function f is defined by \(\mathrm { f } ( x ) = \sqrt { } ( m x + 7 ) - 4\), where \(x \geqslant - \frac { 7 } { m }\) and \(m\) is a positive constant. The diagram shows the curve \(y = \mathrm { f } ( x )\).
5. A sequence of transformations maps the curve \(y = \sqrt { } x\) to the curve \(y = \mathrm { f } ( x )\). Give details of these transformations.
6. Explain how you can tell that f is a one-one function and find an expression for \(\mathrm { f } ^ { - 1 } ( x )\).
7. It is given that the curves \(y = \mathrm { f } ( x )\) and \(y = \mathrm { f } ^ { - 1 } ( x )\) do not meet. Explain how it can be deduced that neither curve meets the line \(y = x\), and hence determine the set of possible values of \(m\). [5]