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: 13

Answer

$f(x)=(4x^2-25)(20-7 \ln x)$ $f^{'}(x)=(20-7 \ln x) [ 8x]+ (4x^2-25)[ - (\frac{7}{x}])$

Work Step by Step

$g(x)=4x^2-25$ $h(x)=20-7 \ln x$ (a) Let $f(x)=g(x)h(x)$ $\Longrightarrow$ $f(x)=(4x^2-25)(20-7 \ln x)$ (b) Taking derivative of f(x) with respect to x $f^{'}(x)=(20-7 \ln x)\frac{d (4x^2-25)}{dx}+ (4x^2-25)\frac{d(20-7 \ln x)}{dx}$ $f^{'}(x)=(20-7 \ln x) [ \frac{d(4x^2)}{dx}- \frac{d(25)}{dx}]+ (4x^2-25)[ \frac{d(20)}{dx}-\frac{d(7 \ln x)}{dx}]$ $f^{'}(x)=(20-7 \ln x) [ 4\frac{d(x^2)}{dx}-0]+ (4x^2-25)[ 0-7\frac{d( \ln x)}{dx}]$ $f^{'}(x)=(20-7 \ln x) [ 4(2x)]+ (4x^2-25)[ -7 (\frac{1}{x}])$ $f^{'}(x)=(20-7 \ln x) [ 8x]+ (4x^2-25)[ - (\frac{7}{x}])$
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