Finite Math and Applied Calculus (6th Edition)

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1133607705
ISBN 13: 978-1-13360-770-0

Chapter 11 - Section 11.4 - The Chain Rule - Exercises - Page 831: 22

Answer

$-(2s+s^{0.5})^{-2}\cdot(2+0.5s^{-0.5})$

Work Step by Step

$r(s)$ is a composite function. Let $u(x)=x^{-1},\qquad v(s)=2s+s^{0.5}$ $\displaystyle \frac{du}{dx}=-x^{-2}, \quad\frac{dv}{ds}=2+0.5s^{-0.5}$ Then,$\quad r(s)=u(v(s))$ and $\displaystyle \frac{dr}{ds}=\frac{du}{dv}\frac{dv}{ds}$ $\displaystyle \frac{du}{dv}=-v^{-2}=-(2s+s^{0.5})^{-2}$ $\displaystyle \frac{dr}{ds}=\frac{du}{dv}\frac{dv}{ds}=-(2s+s^{0.5})^{-2}\cdot(2+0.5s^{-0.5})$
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