Problem of the Week

Updated at Jun 6, 2016 3:03 PM

This week we have another calculus problem:

How can we find the derivative of 1x132\frac{1}{{x}^{\frac{13}{2}}}?

Let's start!



ddx1x132\frac{d}{dx} \frac{1}{{x}^{\frac{13}{2}}}

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Use Power Rule: ddxxn=nxn−1\frac{d}{dx} {x}^{n}=n{x}^{n-1}.
−132x152-\frac{13}{2{x}^{\frac{15}{2}}}

Done
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