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#1 2012-10-26 06:56:55

PrissyMiss
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Derivative

f ' (x) = x + (sqrt (3x))
            -------------------
               3x − 5

#2 2012-10-26 07:01:57

zetafunc.
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Re: Derivative

What do you need help with exactly?

#3 2012-10-26 07:15:55

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I need to find the derivative of the function

#4 2012-10-26 07:17:22

zetafunc.
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Re: Derivative

Do you know the quotient rule?

#5 2012-10-26 07:17:32

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so far I got to the point                    .5           -.5     
                                             -4.5x     - 7.5x      - 5
                                            ----------------------------
                                                                2
                                                      (3x-5)

#6 2012-10-26 09:16:15

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I do know the quotient rule

#7 2012-10-26 15:34:22

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Hi;

so far I got to the point                    .5           -.5     
                                             -4.5x     - 7.5x      - 5
                                            ----------------------------
                                                                2
                                                      (3x-5)

I can not read that.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.

#8 2012-10-26 18:12:02

bob bundy
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hi   PrissyMiss and bobbym

I'm thinking that means



It is not quite what I'm getting:




PrissyMiss: You seem to have lost the root 3 s.

Bob


You cannot teach a man anything;  you can only help him find it within himself..........Galileo Galilei

#9 2012-10-26 18:23:33

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Hi Bob;

Your answer is what I am getting too.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.

#10 2012-10-27 07:10:16

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Why are the exponents still in there after you put it in radicals?/

#11 2012-10-27 07:21:10

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The exponents are powers of x.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.

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