finding the inverse of $a \sinh b*x +c*x$

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Does the function $$y(x) = cx + a \sinh (bx) $$ have an inverse function $x=x(y)$ and if yes, what is it?

The part $$y(x) = a \sinh(bx)$$ can easily be inverted to $$ x(y) = asinh(y/a)/b$$

For $c>0$ the function is strictly monotonic, so by just looking at the graph I would assume an inverse should exist.

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Rule of thumb: if the unknown is both outside and inside trig/log/exp functions, there is no closed form inverse (unless in terms of purpose-defined special functions).

So no... just looking at your expression, seeing $x$ in a linear term and inside $\sinh$, the only way to do this is solving it numerically.