Calculus, 10th Edition (Anton)

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Chapter 2 - The Derivative - 2.6 The Chain Rule - Exercises Set 2.6 - Page 160: 77

Answer

$F'(x) = \frac{1}{2x}$

Work Step by Step

We begin by finding $g'(x)$ by applying the power and chain rule: $g(x) = \sqrt{3x-1}$ $g'(x) = \frac{1}{2} (3x-1)^{-\frac{1}{2}} *( \frac{d}{dx} [3x-1]) = \frac{1}{2} (3x-1)^{-\frac{1}{2}} *3 = \frac{3}{2} (3x-1)^{-\frac{1}{2}} $ We apply the chain rule: $F'(x) = \frac{d}{dx} f(g(x)) = f'(g(x)) *g'(x) =\frac{g(x)}{(g(x))^2+1}* g'(x) = \frac{ \sqrt{3x-1}}{( \sqrt{3x-1})^2+1}* ( \frac{3}{2} (3x-1)^{-\frac{1}{2}})= \frac{3}{2} * \frac{1}{3x} = \frac{1}{2x}$
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