Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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Chapter 3: Derivatives - Section 3.2 - The Derivative as a Function - Exercises 3.2 - Page 115: 5

Answer

$ p'(x) = \dfrac{3}{2\sqrt {3x}}$ and $p'(1) =\dfrac{\sqrt 3}{2} \\ p'(3) = \dfrac{1}{2} \\ p'(\dfrac{2}{3}) = \dfrac{3}{2\sqrt 2}$

Work Step by Step

Consider $p(x) =\sqrt {(3x)}$ We will use the derivative definition, such that $p'(x) = \lim\limits_{h \to 0}\dfrac{\sqrt {(3(x+h))} - \sqrt {(3x)}}{h}$ $\implies \lim\limits_{h \to 0}\dfrac{3(x+h) - 3x}{h(\sqrt {(3x+h)} + \sqrt {(3x)})}=\dfrac{3}{2\sqrt {(3x)}}$ Now, we have $ p'(x) = \dfrac{3}{2\sqrt {3x}}$ and $p'(1) =\dfrac{\sqrt 3}{2} \\ p'(3) =\dfrac{3}{2\sqrt {3(3)}}= \dfrac{1}{2} \\ p'(\dfrac{2}{3}) = \dfrac{3}{2\sqrt {3(\dfrac{2}{3})}}= \dfrac{3}{2\sqrt 2}$
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