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: 6

Answer

$$f'\left( x \right) = 5{\left( {5x + 29} \right)^4}\left( {90x + 127} \right)$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & f\left( x \right) = {\left( {5x + 29} \right)^5}\left( {15x + 8} \right) \cr & {\text{Calculate the derivative of the function}} \cr & f'\left( x \right) = \frac{d}{{dx}}\left( {{{\left( {5x + 29} \right)}^5}\left( {15x + 8} \right)} \right) \cr & {\text{use the product rule }} \cr & f'\left( x \right) = \left( {15x + 8} \right)\frac{d}{{dx}}\left( {{{\left( {5x + 29} \right)}^5}} \right) + {\left( {5x + 29} \right)^5}\frac{d}{{dx}}\left( {\left( {15x + 8} \right)} \right) \cr & {\text{use the chain rule to }}\frac{d}{{dx}}\left( {{{\left( {5x + 29} \right)}^5}} \right) \cr & f'\left( x \right) = \left( {15x + 8} \right)\left( 5 \right){\left( {5x + 29} \right)^4}\frac{d}{{dx}}\left( {5x + 29} \right) + {\left( {5x + 29} \right)^5}\frac{d}{{dx}}\left( {\left( {15x + 8} \right)} \right) \cr & {\text{compute derivatives}} \cr & f'\left( x \right) = 5\left( {15x + 8} \right){\left( {5x + 29} \right)^4}\left( 5 \right) + {\left( {5x + 29} \right)^5}\left( {15} \right) \cr & f'\left( x \right) = 25\left( {15x + 8} \right){\left( {5x + 29} \right)^4} + 15{\left( {5x + 29} \right)^5} \cr & {\text{factor}} \cr & f'\left( x \right) = 5{\left( {5x + 29} \right)^4}\left( {5\left( {15x + 8} \right) + 3\left( {5x + 29} \right)} \right) \cr & f'\left( x \right) = 5{\left( {5x + 29} \right)^4}\left( {75x + 40 + 15x + 87} \right) \cr & f'\left( x \right) = 5{\left( {5x + 29} \right)^4}\left( {90x + 127} \right) \cr} $$
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