Science:Math Exam Resources/Courses/MATH110/December 2012/Question 03 (b)
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Question 03 (b) |
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Calculate the following derivative. You may leave your answer unsimplified. , where , and and are constants. |
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Hint |
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Finding the derivative would be easier if the variable x were in the numerator instead of the denominator of each fraction. You can achieve this by switching the signs of the exponents. |
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Solution |
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Please rate my easiness! It's quick and helps everyone guide their studies. You could use the quotient rule on each term of this function, but it will be easier to re-write it as follows:
Remembering that a, b, c and d are constants, we can simply use the power rule, which gives:
You can leave the answer like this. If you wanted to simplify, it would be written:
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