Calculus, 10th Edition (Anton)

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Chapter 2 - The Derivative - 2.3 Introduction To Techniques Of Differentiation - Exercises Set 2.3 - Page 142: 81

Answer

$$f\left( x \right) = - \frac{2}{{{{\left( {x + 1} \right)}^3}}}$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & f\left( x \right) = \frac{{2{x^2} + 4x + 3}}{{{x^2} + 2x + 1}} \cr & {\text{Write the function as}} \cr & f\left( x \right) = \frac{{2{x^2} + 4x + 3}}{{{{\left( {x + 1} \right)}^2}}} \cr & f\left( x \right) = \left( {2{x^2} + 4x + 3} \right){\left( {x + 1} \right)^{ - 2}} \cr & {\text{Differentiate by using the product rule}} \cr & f\left( x \right) = \left( {2{x^2} + 4x + 3} \right)\frac{d}{{dx}}\left[ {{{\left( {x + 1} \right)}^{ - 2}}} \right] + {\left( {x + 1} \right)^{ - 2}}\frac{d}{{dx}}\left[ {2{x^2} + 4x + 3} \right] \cr & \cr & {\text{By the formula in the exercice 75}}{\text{. }} \cr & f\left( x \right) = {\left( {mx + b} \right)^n}\,\, \Rightarrow \,\,\,f'\left( x \right) = nm{\left( {mx + b} \right)^{n - 1}} \cr & {\text{We obtain}} \cr & f\left( x \right) = \left( {2{x^2} + 4x + 3} \right)\left[ { - 2{{\left( {x + 1} \right)}^{ - 3}}} \right] + {\left( {x + 1} \right)^{ - 2}}\left( {4x + 4} \right) \cr & f\left( x \right) = - 2{\left( {x + 1} \right)^{ - 3}}\left( {2{x^2} + 4x + 3} \right) + 4{\left( {x + 1} \right)^{ - 1}} \cr & {\text{Simplifying}} \cr & f\left( x \right) = - 2{\left( {x + 1} \right)^{ - 3}}\left[ {2{x^2} + 4x + 3 - 2{{\left( {x + 1} \right)}^2}} \right] \cr & f\left( x \right) = - 2{\left( {x + 1} \right)^{ - 3}}\left( {2{x^2} + 4x + 3 - 2{x^2} - 4x - 2} \right) \cr & f\left( x \right) = - 2{\left( {x + 1} \right)^{ - 3}}\left( 1 \right) \cr & f\left( x \right) = - \frac{2}{{{{\left( {x + 1} \right)}^3}}} \cr} $$
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