Calculus Concepts: An Informal Approach to the Mathematics of Change 5th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-43904-957-2
ISBN 13: 978-1-43904-957-0

Chapter 3 - Determining Change: Derivatives - 3.4 Activities - Page 224: 12

Answer

inside: $g(x)=5 x^{2}+3 x+7$ outside: $f(g)=g^{-1}$ derivative: $f^{\prime}(x)=-\left(5 x^{2}+3 x+7\right)^{-2}(10x+3 )$

Work Step by Step

Given $$ f(x)=\left(5 x^{2}+3 x+7\right)^{-1} $$ Use the chain rule to take the derivative $$\frac{d f(g(x))}{d x}=f^{\prime}(g(x)) g^{\prime}(x)$$ Here $g(x)= 5 x^{2}+3 x+7$ and $ f(g )=g^{-1}$, then \begin{align*} f'(x)&=(g^{-1}(x))'\\ &=-g^{-2}(x)g'(x)\\ &=-\left(5 x^{2}+3 x+7\right)^{-2}(10x+3 ) \end{align*}
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