Chapter 3: Problem 61
Use the Chain Rule combined with other differentiation rules to find the derivative of the following functions. $$y=\left((x+2)\left(x^{2}+1\right)\right)^{4}$$
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Chapter 3: Problem 61
Use the Chain Rule combined with other differentiation rules to find the derivative of the following functions. $$y=\left((x+2)\left(x^{2}+1\right)\right)^{4}$$
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Cobb-Douglas production function The output of an economic system \(Q,\) subject to two inputs, such as labor \(L\) and capital \(K\) is often modeled by the Cobb- Douglas production function \(Q=c L^{a} K^{b} .\) When \(a+b=1,\) the case is called constant returns to scale. Suppose \(Q=1280, a=\frac{1}{3}, b=\frac{2}{3},\) and \(c=40\) a. Find the rate of change of capital with respect to labor, \(d K / d L\) b. Evaluate the derivative in part (a) with \(L=8\) and \(K=64\)
Use the following table to find the given derivatives. $$\begin{array}{llllll} x & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 \\ \hline f(x) & 5 & 4 & 3 & 2 & 1 \\ f^{\prime}(x) & 3 & 5 & 2 & 1 & 4 \\ g(x) & 4 & 2 & 5 & 3 & 1 \\ g^{\prime}(x) & 2 & 4 & 3 & 1 & 5 \end{array}$$ $$\left.\frac{d}{d x}\left[\frac{f(x) g(x)}{x}\right]\right|_{x=4}$$
Product Rule for three functions Assume that \(f, g,\) and \(h\) are differentiable at \(x\) a. Use the Product Rule (twice) to find a formula for \(\frac{d}{d x}(f(x) g(x) h(x))\) b. Use the formula in (a) to find \(\frac{d}{d x}\left(e^{2 x}(x-1)(x+3)\right)\)
Multiple tangent lines Complete the following steps. a. Find equations of all lines tangent to the curve at the given value of \(x\) b. Graph the tangent lines on the given graph. \(4 x^{3}=y^{2}(4-x) ; x=2\) (cissoid of Diocles)
Proof of the Quotient Rule Let \(F=f / g\) be the quotient of two functions that are differentiable at \(x\) a. Use the definition of \(F^{\prime}\) to show that \(\frac{d}{d x}\left[\frac{f(x)}{g(x)}\right]=\lim _{h \rightarrow 0} \frac{f(x+h) g(x)-f(x) g(x+h)}{h g(x+h) g(x)}\) b. Now add \(-f(x) g(x)+f(x) g(x)\) (which equals 0) to the numerator in the preceding limit to obtain $$\lim _{h \rightarrow 0} \frac{f(x+h) g(x)-f(x) g(x)+f(x) g(x)-f(x) g(x+h)}{h g(x+h) g(x)}$$ Use this limit to obtain the Quotient Rule. c. Explain why \(F^{\prime}=(f / g)^{\prime}\) exists, whenever \(g(x) \neq 0\)
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