Problem of the Week

Updated at Apr 20, 2015 3:09 PM

To get more practice in calculus, we brought you this problem of the week:

How can we find the derivative of 7xx7x-\sqrt{x}?

Check out the solution below!



ddx7xx\frac{d}{dx} 7x-\sqrt{x}

1
Use Power Rule: ddxxn=nxn1\frac{d}{dx} {x}^{n}=n{x}^{n-1}.
712x7-\frac{1}{2\sqrt{x}}

Done