University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321999584
ISBN 13: 978-0-32199-958-0

Chapter 3 - Practice Exercises - Page 202: 9

Answer

$s'=\dfrac{\dfrac{1+\sqrt t}{2\sqrt t}-\dfrac{1}{2}}{(1+\sqrt t)^2}=\frac{1}{2\sqrt{t}(1+\sqrt{t})^2}$

Work Step by Step

Given that $s=\dfrac{\sqrt t}{1+\sqrt t}$ Apply derivative rules of differentiation: $f(x)/g(x)=\dfrac{p'(x)q(x)-p(x)q'(x)}{g(x)^2}$ $s'=\dfrac{d}{dx}[\dfrac{\sqrt t}{1+\sqrt t}]$ $=\dfrac{1/2\sqrt t(1+\sqrt t[\frac{1}{2\sqrt t}])-\sqrt t}{(1+\sqrt t)^2}$ Hence, $s'=\dfrac{\dfrac{1+\sqrt t}{2\sqrt t}-\dfrac{1}{2}}{(1+\sqrt t)^2}$
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