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 - 3.5 Activities - Page 233: 12

Answer

(a)$f(x)=(3x^{-0.7}).(5^x)$ (b)$f^{'}(x)=-2.1x^{-1.7}] (5^x)+(3x^{-0.7}) 5^x \ln 5$

Work Step by Step

$g(x)=3x^{-0.7};h(x)=5^x$ (a) Let $f(x)=g(x)h(x)$ $f(x)=(3x^{-0.7}).(5^x)$ (b) Taking derivatives of f(x) with respect to x, using product rule $f^{'}(x)=g^{'}(x)h(x)+g(x)h^{'}(x)$ $f^{'}(x)=3(-0.7)x^{-0.7-1} (5^x)+(3x^{-0.7}) 5^x \ln 5$ $f^{'}(x)=-2.1x^{-0.7-1} (5^x)+(3x^{-0.7}) 5^x \ln 5$ $f^{'}(x)=-2.1x^{-1.7} (5^x)+(3x^{-0.7}) 5^x \ln 5$
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