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 - 3.6 Activities - Page 237: 16

Answer

$$f'\left( x \right) = 4\left( {{3^x}} \right)\left( {\frac{{x\left( {\ln 3} \right) - 1/2}}{{x\sqrt x }}} \right)$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & f\left( x \right) = \frac{{4\left( {{3^x}} \right)}}{{\sqrt x }} \cr & {\text{calculate the derivative of the function}} \cr & f'\left( x \right) = \frac{d}{{dx}}\left( {\frac{{4\left( {{3^x}} \right)}}{{\sqrt x }}} \right) \cr & f'\left( x \right) = 4\frac{d}{{dx}}\left( {\frac{{{3^x}}}{{\sqrt x }}} \right) \cr & {\text{Use the quotient rule }}\left( {{\text{see the page 237}}} \right) \cr & f'\left( x \right) = 4\left( {\frac{{\sqrt x \left( {{3^x}} \right)' - {3^x}\left( {\sqrt x } \right)'}}{{{{\left( {\sqrt x } \right)}^2}}}} \right) \cr & {\text{simplifying}} \cr & f'\left( x \right) = 4\left( {\frac{{\sqrt x \left( {{3^x}\ln 3} \right) - {3^x}\left( {1/2\sqrt x } \right)}}{x}} \right) \cr & f'\left( x \right) = \frac{{4\left( {{3^x}} \right)}}{{\sqrt x }}\left( {\frac{{x\left( {\ln 3} \right) - 1/2}}{x}} \right) \cr & f'\left( x \right) = 4\left( {{3^x}} \right)\left( {\frac{{x\left( {\ln 3} \right) - 1/2}}{{x\sqrt x }}} \right) \cr} $$
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