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 - 3.1 Activities - Page 198: 7

Answer

$-.7x^{-1.7}$

Work Step by Step

$\frac{d}{dx}\big(x^{-.7}\big)=-.7 \cdot x^{-.7-1}=-.7x^{-1.7}$
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