Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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Chapter 3: Derivatives - Section 3.2 - The Derivative as a Function - Exercises 3.2 - Page 115: 3

Answer

$g'(-1) = 2 \\ g'(2) = -\dfrac{1}{4} \\ g'(\sqrt 3) = -\dfrac{2}{3\sqrt 3}$

Work Step by Step

Consider $g(t) = \dfrac{1}{t^{2}}$ We will have to use definition of derivative, such as: $g'(t) = \lim\limits_{h \to 0}\dfrac{g(t+h) - g(t)}{h}= \lim\limits_{h \to 0}\dfrac{\dfrac{1}{(t+h)^{2} - }\dfrac{1}{t^{2}}}{h}=-2(\dfrac{1}{t^{3}})$ Now,we have $g'(-1) = 2 \\ g'(2) = -2(\dfrac{1}{(2)^{3}})=-\dfrac{1}{4} \\ g'(\sqrt 3)=-2(\dfrac{1}{(\sqrt 3)^{3}}) = -\dfrac{2}{3\sqrt 3}$
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