Find g'(x)?
_______1_________
(x^3 + 8x^2 +6x) ^4
One of my Calculus homework problems. The carrots of course being x to the third power and so forth. Any help is appreciated and explanation if at all possible. Thanks.
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(x^3 + 8x^2 +6x) ^(-4)
Then.. multiply by the outside exponent and decrease it by one…
-4(x^3 + 8x^2 + 6x) ^(-5)
Then multiply by the derivative of the inside…
-4(x^3 + 8x^2 + 6x) ^(-5) * (3x^2 + 16x + 6)
Rewrite the problem…
___-4 (3x^2 + 16x +6)_____
……(x^3 + 8x^2 + 6x)^5
So what you can do is to bring the denominator up, just change the power 4 to a -4.
then you have (x^3 + 8x^2 +6x) ^ – 4
Then is you find the differentiation of that, all you have to do is bring the -4 down, then the new overall power becomes -4 -1 = -5 and then differentiation within the bracket
By differentiating within the bracket, you have x^3 to become 3x^2
Then the next 8x^2 becomes 16x^1
and lastly 6x becomes 6
All of this shcould be simple differentiations of each term within the brackets cos its addition so you can diff it term by term
Finally you have your ans
-4(x^3 + 8x^2 +6x)^-5(3x^2 + 16x +6)
_______1_________=
(x^3 + 8x^2 +6x) ^4
(x^3 + 8x^2 +6x) ^-4
g'(x) =
-4(x^3 + 8x^2 +6x)^-5 (3x^2 + 16x +6)
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