Could someone help walk me through a derivative. This one is giving me trouble. d/dx (3x^2+6x+6)/sqrtx
, http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/Classes/CalcI/ProductQuotientRule.aspx#Deriv_PQRule_Ex2a
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\[\frac{ d }{ dx }(3x ^{2}+6x+6)/\sqrt{x}\]
\[\sqrt x=x^{1/2}\]and\[\frac{x^a}{x^ b}=x^{a-b}\]use that to simplify each term, then apply the power rule
let f(x)=3x^2+6x+6) and g(x)=\[\sqrt{x}\]=x^1/2
\[{3x^2+6x+6\over\sqrt x}={3x^2+6x+6\over x^{1/2}}=3x^{2-1/2}+6x^{1-1/2}+6x^{0-1/2}\]
\[=3x^{3/2}+6x^{1/2}+6x^{-1/2}\]\[\frac d{dx}(3x^{3/2}+6x^{1/2}+6x^{-1/2})=?\]
g(x)* f'(x) - g'(x)* f(x)/g(x)^2
Got (9sqrtx/2)+(3/sqrtx)-(3/sqrt(x^3)). Thanks, I never knew that x^a/x^b=x^(a-b). But, I guess it follows from 1/x^(-1)=x.
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