Question #28efc

1 Answer
Mar 31, 2015

By the power rule, the derivative of #f^n(x)= n f^{n-1}(x) f'(x)#.
In your case, #f(x)=3x^2 + 5x + 1#, and #n=3/2#

This means that #n-1=1/2#, and the derivative #f'(x)# is also easy to calculate, since it is #6x+5#.

Putting the pieces together, we can translate the general formula #n f^{n-1}(x) f'(x)# into
#3/2 (3x^2 + 5x + 1)^{1/2} (6x+5)#