Problem of the Week

Updated at Apr 14, 2014 10:15 AM

This week's problem comes from the calculus category.

How can we find the derivative of \(\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}}\)?

Let's begin!



\[\frac{d}{dx} \frac{1}{\sqrt{x}}\]

1
Use Power Rule: \(\frac{d}{dx} {x}^{n}=n{x}^{n-1}\).
\[-\frac{1}{2{x}^{\frac{3}{2}}}\]

Done