Calculus 8th Edition

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ISBN 10: 1285740629
ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-062-1

Chapter 2 - Derivatives - 2.3 Differentiation Formulas - 2.3 Exercises - Page 142: 76

Answer

\[(a)\: y'=2xf(x)+x^2f'(x)\] \[(b)\: y'=\frac{x^2f'(x)-2xf(x)}{x^4}\] \[(c) \: y'=\frac{2xf(x)-x^2f'(x)}{[f(x)]^2}\] \[(d)\: y'=\frac{2x^2f'(x)+xf(x)-1}{2x^{\frac{3}{2}}}\]

Work Step by Step

$(a)\;y=x^2f(x)$ Differentiate with respect to $x$ using product rule $y'=(x^2)'f(x)+x^2f'(x)$ $\Rightarrow y'=2xf(x)+x^2f'(x)$ $(b)\;y=\frac{f(x)}{x^2}$ Differentiate with respect to $x$ using quotient rule $y'=\frac{f'(x)(x^2)-f(x)(x^2)'}{(x^2)^2}$ $\Rightarrow y'=\frac{x^2f'(x)-2xf(x)}{x^4}$ $(c)\;y=\frac{x^2}{f(x)}$ Differentiate with respect to $x$ using quotient rule $y'=\frac{(x^2)'f(x)-x^2f'(x)}{[f(x)]^2}$ $\Rightarrow y'=\frac{2xf(x)-x^2f'(x)}{[f(x)]^2}$ (d) $\;y=\frac{1+xf(x)}{\sqrt x}$ $y=\frac{1}{\sqrt x}+\frac{x}{\sqrt x}f(x)$ $y=x^{\frac{-1}{2}}+\sqrt{x}f(x)$ Differentiating with respect to $x$ using product rule $y'=\frac{-1}{2}x^{\frac{-3}{2}}+\left[(\sqrt x)'f(x)+\sqrt x f'(x)\right]$ $y'=\frac{-1}{2x^{\frac{3}{2}}}+\frac{f(x)}{2\sqrt x}+\sqrt x f'(x)$ $\Rightarrow y'=\frac{2x^2f'(x)+xf(x)-1}{2x^{\frac{3}{2}}}$
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