Calculus 1 Answer
Calculus 1 Answer
Calculus 1 Answer
Try your best on this and finish it for homework. We will go over the
solutions and I will check for completeness next week.
Rewrite each function, differentiate, and then simplify (no negative exponents!)
f(x) = 𝟐𝒙𝟑
𝟓 𝒅 𝟓𝒙−𝟑 𝟏𝟓
= −
𝒅𝒙 𝟐
𝟐𝒙𝟒
f(x) = (𝟐𝒙)𝟑
𝟓 𝒅 𝟓𝒙−𝟑 𝟏𝟓
= −
𝒅𝒙 𝟖
𝟖𝒙𝟒
f(x) = 𝟑𝒙−𝟐
𝟕 𝒅 𝟕𝒙𝟐 𝟏𝟒𝒙
=
𝒅𝒙 𝟑
𝟑
f(x) = √𝒙
𝟔
𝒅 𝟏 𝟏
= 𝒙𝟔
𝒅𝒙 𝟓
𝟔𝒙𝟔
𝟏
f(x) = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒙𝟑
𝟏 𝒅
= 𝒙−𝟐 + 𝒙−𝟑 𝟐 𝟑
𝒅𝒙 − 𝟑
− 𝟒
𝒙 𝒙
𝟐 𝟑 𝒅 𝟏 𝟐 𝟔
f(x) = 𝟑
√𝒙
−
𝒙𝟐 = 2𝒙−𝟑 − 𝟑𝒙−𝟐 − 𝟒−
𝒅𝒙 𝒙𝟑
𝟑𝒙𝟑
y = 𝑥 2 − 4 (1,3) y = mx+b
y'=2x -3= 2(1)+b
=2 b = -5
y= 2x-5
y = √𝑥 (4,2) y = mx+b
1
y'=𝑥 2 2= 1/2(2)+b
1
1 −
= 𝑥 2 b=0
2
1 𝟏
= y= 𝒙
2 𝟐
1
y = 𝑥 −2 (1,1) y = mx+b
3
1
y'=− 𝑥 −2 1= -1/2(1)+b
2
=-1/2 b = 3/2
𝟏 𝟑
y= − 𝐱+
𝟐 𝟐
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