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#1 2012-10-25 07:56:55

PrissyMiss
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Derivative

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

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#2 2012-10-25 08:01:57

zetafunc.
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Re: Derivative

What do you need help with exactly?

#3 2012-10-25 08:15:55

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Re: Derivative

I need to find the derivative of the function

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#4 2012-10-25 08:17:22

zetafunc.
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Re: Derivative

Do you know the quotient rule?

#5 2012-10-25 08:17:32

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Re: Derivative

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

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#6 2012-10-25 10:16:15

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Re: Derivative

I do know the quotient rule

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#7 2012-10-25 16:34:22

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Re: Derivative

Hi;

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

I can not read that.


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#8 2012-10-25 19:12:02

Bob
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Re: Derivative

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


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#9 2012-10-25 19:23:33

bobbym
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Re: Derivative

Hi Bob;

Your answer is what I am getting too.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#10 2012-10-26 08:10:16

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Re: Derivative

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

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#11 2012-10-26 08:21:10

bobbym
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Re: Derivative

The exponents are powers of x.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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