Given the equation f(x) = (e^{-x} = x^3), where x elemnent of R Prove that the equation f(x) has a solution between 0 and 1, and prove that the equation f(x) does not have more than this one solution on the whole R.

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Given the equation f(x) = (e^{-x} = x^3), where x elemnent of R

Prove that the equation f(x) has a solution between 0 and 1, and prove that the equation f(x) does not have more than this one solution on the whole R.

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